Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Guy Morton, the "Alabama Blossom"

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I recently did a post on the town of Joppa , the hometown of major league baseball pitcher Jack Lively. He played for the Detroit Tigers in ...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

"When that Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'"

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This song and the 78 RPM recording featured here involve two of the best known figures in America popular music in the 20th century, Irving ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Quick Visit to a North Alabama Town: Joppa

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I visit mom, watercolor artist Carolyn Shores Wright , in Huntsville on a regular basis. On the drive to and from Pelham I often make brief ...
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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Mobile and "Blues in the Night"

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I am always on the lookout for appearances of Alabama-related things in popular culture and came across this one recently. Over the life of ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Birmingham Photo of the Day (60): Hormel Meat Packing Plant

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Wander around Alabama Mosaic, and you never know what you may find. Case in point is the photograph below, taken by Oscar V. Hunt [1881-19...
Friday, October 6, 2017

Old Alabama Stuff (15): A 1903 Souvenir of Birmingham, pt. 2

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This post is part 2 of my exploration of Souvenir of Birmingham, Ala. published in the city in 1903. I've looked at some of the photos ...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Old Alabama Stuff (14): A 1903 Souvenir of Birmingham, pt. 1

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In 1903 a publication appeared entitled Souvenir of Birmingham, Ala . This book consists of a number of photographs and several pages of t...