Many books that have come through my collection over the years are ex-library and thus have library markings of various kinds, including boo...

As one often does, I was recently perusing the March 1963 issue of the Junior League of Birmingham Newssheet and came across this advertisem...

I recently added this postcard to my collection and decided to find out what I could on the business, "The South's Finest Retail Ba...

Our photograph this time shows the interior of the Birmingham Arms and Cycle Company taken before 1920. The entry for this photo at the Ala...

For more than a year now my brother Richard and I have been conducting a deep dive into the massive amount of family memorabilia at mom'...

As its BhamWiki entry notes, the Redmont Hotel  opened in May 1925 with 250 rooms in the 14-story building. The Redmont is the oldest hotel ...

I wanted to note the passing on October 23 of UAB Professor Emeritus and historian Tennant S. McWilliams, who served as Dean of the School...

In July 2014 I posted an item on this blog, "Hillman Hospital and How It Became UAB." I recently came across the article below p...

I stumbled across this photograph as I wandered around the Alabama Mosaic web site. As the site notes , " Alabama Mosaic is a repositor...

In September 2022 Dianne and I were in downtown Birmingham for a doctor's appointment at UAB and a visit to one of our favorite eating p...