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

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

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

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

Gadsden's Hotel Reich , built by Adolphe "Popo" Reich, opened on February 12, 1930. The ten-story structure had 150 rooms and ...

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