Friday, January 30, 2015

A Vintage Valentine’s Day in Birmingham

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             Although it began as a religious event in the early Christian church, Valentine’s Day in America is now associated with romant...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Birmingham Photos of the Day (26): Ramming the Earth in 1936

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In 1936 seven houses were built in the Gardendale "district" as part of a demonstration program by the U.S. Department of Agricult...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Is a Florida Highwayman Hiding in Alabama?

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Back in the day, before development forever changed much of the Florida panhandle, my father and his parents would make annual pilgrimages t...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Birmingham Photos of the Day (25): "World's Highest Standard of Living"

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The two photographs below were taken by Arthur Rothstein in February 1937 during his swing through Alabama for the Farm Security Administra...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Bloodhounds & Escaped Convicts at Pratt Mines in 1886

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The penal code Alabama adopted after the Civil War allowed the leasing of state and county prisoners to the highest bidder for work outside ...
Monday, January 5, 2015

Old Alabama Stuff (3): Official & Statistical Register 1907

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From 1903 until 1912 Thomas M. Owen, Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History , compiled editions of this work. None were ...
Thursday, January 1, 2015

What's Coming to the Blog in 2015??

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People will be born, people will die. People will fall in love, get married, fall out of love, get divorced--wait, wrong list! What's ...