Monday, December 5, 2016

Birmingham Photo of the Day (53): Students at the Zoo in 1968

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The photograph below was taken in May 1968 by John McDavid. Six students from Minnie Holman School are posing in front of a fence at the Bi...
Thursday, December 1, 2016

Old Alabama Stuff (14): Dr. Charles T. Jackson Examines a Meteorite from Clarke County

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I could have subtitled this post "It Came from Outer Space!" or perhaps "Alabama's connection to the 1846 'discovery...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Pondering Alabama Maps (7): October 2, 1866

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I stumbled across this map in my random wanderings around the web and found it interesting. On the bottom right is noted "Department o...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Some Family Photos from Back in the Day

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Well, the 1960's anyway. Most of these photos were taken by yours truly, or at least using the black and white camera I had in those d...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Movies with Alabama Connections (10): Alabama Jones

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My investigations of many things Alabama-related can lead to some pretty odd places. Case in point: this bit of erotica , which actually has...
Friday, November 11, 2016

The 1898 U.S.S. Alabama Battleship

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Most of us are familiar with the World War II battleship USS Alabama saved from the scrapyard in the 1960's and now the centerpiece of ...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

A Quick Visit to Tuskegee

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In 2012 son Amos and I made a day trip to some historic sites in Montgomery. We saw a couple of other places as well, including the Clanton ...