Alabama Yesterdays

Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Huntsville Photo: Whitesburg Drive-In Screen Burns in 1980

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I stumbled across this photo recently on the state archives web site . Since I grew up in Huntsville [you can read about that here and here...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Capitol Park and Old Tavern in Tuscaloosa (2)

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This post is the second one of a pair devoted to photographs I took on a trip in January 2023 to Tuscaloosa with son Amos. Here's the in...
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Capitol Park and Old Tavern in Tuscaloosa (1)

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In October 2014 I posted an item on this blog about a trip my wife Dianne, daughter Becca and I made to Capitol Park in Tuscaloosa, the sit...
Monday, October 7, 2024

"Officers Seeking Two Arms in Calhoun County"

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That title is excellent clickbait, isn't it? Come with me now back to Alabama in the summer of  1959. Our scene is set in Rabbittown, a ...
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 ...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

A 1985 Map of Hoover

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I've written a number of pieces on this blog about various Alabama maps; one of these days I may put together a post that's a list o...
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