Showing posts with label Gadsden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gadsden. Show all posts
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 ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Last Streetcar Run in Gadsden in 1934

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Once upon a time many cities of any size ran a form of transportation called street cars , also known as trolleys or as trams in Europe. You...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Beulah Vee's Cedar Chest: A List

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  In July 2016 I wrote a  series of five blog posts  about a cedar chest full of personal items belonging to my paternal aunt Beulah Vee Wri...
Friday, November 13, 2020

John Vachon Photographs Gadsden in 1940

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I seldom revisit older posts on this blog, but I'm doing that here. In December 2014 I posted "Christmas Shopping in Gadsden in Dec...
Friday, December 27, 2019

A Grapico from Gadsden

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On our annual pilgrimages to St. George Island, Florida, we usually spend at least part of one day in Apalachicola. The small town is a work...