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Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Showing posts with label Gadsden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gadsden. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Football in Gadsden in 1908

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In recent months I've gone through numerous 1930s and 1940s issues of the Gadsden Times. My grandmother Rosa Mae Wright saved these publ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Desires, Passion and Sin!

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You know, you can find some interesting stuff in the advertisements in old newspapers. Even juicy stuff. Case in point: these three ads from...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Ada, Lovell, Una & Professor Smith

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Let's take a journey through some newspaper palmistry ads, shall we?  The advertisements below are all the relevant ones I've spott...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Gadsden Postcard: Forrest Cemetery Chapel

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This postcard brings back some memories. My paternal grandparents, Amos J. and Rosa Mae Wright are buried in Forrest Cemetery , as well as ...
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 ...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Some Family Photos Winter 1954

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I've done a few posts on this blog exploring old family photographs. One included some photos taken at the Chandler Street house years ...
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