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 Posted by Danny, on November 30th, 2010, at 11:10 pm
I am always heartened whenever I see the statue of Brother Bryan in Birmingham, a monument to the goodness of a beloved Birmingham preacher who was known for giving the coat off his back. You can see in the postcard above (postmarked in 1969) that for a time the statue was on top of Red Mountain in Vulcan Park. The statue’s home now is the [...] Posted by Danny, on November 6th, 2010, at 4:01 pm
The Tallassee Falls on the Tallapoosa River is shown here in an undated postcard. Not exactly related to the card, but interesting enough, I hope… Tallassee Mills operated on the Tallapoosa River continuously for a remarkable 161 years, from 1844 until it closed in 2005. [...] Posted by Danny, on September 17th, 2010, at 9:51 pmThis postcard of Tuscumbia’s Main Street (looking north) is postmarked 1906. Streetcar tracks, a pedestrian or two, and lots of awnings. [...] Posted by Danny, on August 14th, 2010, at 6:02 pmThis postcard from 1905 is labelled “USS Alabama.” Not exactly a post card from Alabama, but related enough that I hope it is of interest. [...] Posted by Danny, on July 24th, 2010, at 11:36 pmThis postcard of the Bessemer Post Office is from 1938. The post office opened in 1909. In 1965, the city of Bessemer obtained the building, remodeled it, and opened it in 1967 as the Bessemer Public Library [...] Posted by Danny, on July 17th, 2010, at 10:33 pmThe Claybank Church was built in 1852 and still stands about one block off Highway 231 in Ozark. This postcard is from 1930. (Click on it to see it larger.) From ExploreSouthernHistory.com (which also has driving directions to the site):
Posted by Danny, on June 26th, 2010, at 11:36 pm
This undated postcard shows the beach at Gulf Shores, free of development and free of oil. [...] Posted by Danny, on June 19th, 2010, at 10:20 pm
Wilson Dam in Muscle Shoals, 1926 This view of the spillway and power house of Wilson Dam comes from a 1926 postcard. From The History of the City of Muscle Shoals:
Posted by Danny, on June 13th, 2010, at 1:30 am
Birmingham’s famous statue of Vulcan is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the second largest statue in the United States (after the Statue of Liberty). The statue was created to represent Alabama at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. Ice cream cones, hot dogs, and iced tea were also introduced at the 1904 World’s Fair [...] Posted by Danny, on June 1st, 2010, at 12:02 am
This bridge was built in 1861, and this postcard is from about 1905. According to the text at this University of West Alabama site, the bridge has been moved twice. In 1969, the bridge was restored and moved to Livingston University (now UWA). [...] Posted by Danny, on May 9th, 2010, at 12:00 amThis postcard from about 1915 is of the public school in Warrior, Alabama. A man is standing at the bottom of the steps on the left side. [...] Posted by Danny, on April 24th, 2010, at 11:05 pmHere is a postcard from about 1910 showing the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma. Sometime between the time of this postcard (here’s another) and now, “courthouse” has become a single, compound word. [...] Posted by Danny, on April 12th, 2010, at 12:14 amThis vintage postcard shows Lake Jackson at Florala. Alabama’s largest natural lake was named for Andrew Jackson, the country’s 7th President. The inscription on a monument placed at the lake by the Alabama Historical Association reads, “LAKE JACKSON – Andrew Jackson in Seminole War with an army of 1200 [...] Posted by Danny, on April 4th, 2010, at 12:02 amThis postcard postmarked in 1906 is labelled “Court House, Athens, Ala.” Numerous horse-and-buggy tandems are lined up near the courthouse, even beyond the water tower. Many people appear to be milling around. You can see buildings to the right of the courthouse, but I am impressed by how spacious the grounds around the courthouse are. Is that a bench in the middle [...] Posted by Danny, on March 28th, 2010, at 10:38 pmThis postcard from 1911 is a picture of the second home of Birmingham Medical College. According to this timeline at the University of Alabama in Birmingham website, “the Birmingham Medical College was organized as a proprietary school and incorporated by the state legislature” in 1894 and closed in 1915. [...] |
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