Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history
Friday, May 10, 2024
Who Was Don Downs?
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Recently Dianne and I had an enjoyable meal at Ragtime Cafe on Valleydale Road. The restaurant has been operating in Hoover for over three ...
Friday, May 3, 2024
Anne Royall Describes Alabama Doctors in 1821
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Anne Royall Source: Encyclopedia of Alabama Anne Royall took on many roles during her lifetime: wife, widow, traveler, author, newspaper ed...
Friday, April 19, 2024
Auburn Postcard: Serum Plant 1918
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My brother Richard and I were at mom's house in Huntsville recently and found this postcard in some family memorabilia. The card, dated...
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Pelham Doctors in 1900
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I've written a number of posts on this blog related to medical history in Alabama, especially Birmingham; and also many on the history o...
Friday, April 5, 2024
Alabama's Poet Laureates
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April is National Poetry Month in the U.S., and each year I've tried to post a new item on this blog related to Alabama poets and poetr...
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Movies with Alabama Connections: Bright Road
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Mary Elizabeth Vroman came to be an "Alabama" author in a rather unusual way. She was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1924 [?], but...
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Gadsden Postcard: Hotel Reich
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Gadsden's Hotel Reich , built by Adolphe "Popo" Reich, opened on February 12, 1930. The ten-story structure had 150 rooms and ...
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