Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history
Friday, September 29, 2023
Birmingham's Hillman Hospital Opens in 1903
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In July 2014 I posted an item on this blog, "Hillman Hospital and How It Became UAB." I recently came across the article below p...
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Johnny Mack Brown as Billy the Kid
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I recently picked up and flipped through my copy of William K. Everson's classic A Pictorial History of the Western Film, as one does wh...
Friday, September 15, 2023
Gail Patrick in "The Preview Murder Mystery"
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One of the topics I bring out from time to time on this blog is film actresses from the state whose careers began before 1960. I've cove...
Friday, September 8, 2023
Birmingham Photo (86): Joiner Furniture Company
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I stumbled across this photograph as I wandered around the Alabama Mosaic web site. As the site notes , " Alabama Mosaic is a repositor...
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Louise Fletcher in "Bat Masterson"
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Oscar-winning actress and Birmingham native Louise Fletcher had a long career in film and television before her death in September 2022. Am...
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Alabama Photos: Langdon Hall at Auburn University
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One of Auburn University's most prominent older buildings is Langdon Hall on South College Street . I remember it well from my student ...
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Bees Making Honey Down in Sunny Alabam' .
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I've done a few posts on this blog about songs and music related to Alabama. Two such pieces on songs from the 19th and early 20th centu...
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