Alabama Yesterdays

Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Huntsville Portfolio by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

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A few months ago my brother Richard and I came across this item as we were going through Dad's study in the house in Huntsville. The por...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Tallulah Bankhead Visits Alabama in 1942

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I've done a few other posts on actress  Tallulah Bankhead , including one on the 1944 Alfred Hitchcock film Lifeboat, in which she appe...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Work by Carolyn Shores Wright at the Fayette Art Museum

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Last summer my brother Richard and I made a day trip to Fayette. I've written about the town in northeast Alabama here . Our main purpos...
Friday, April 25, 2025

An Award from the Alabama Historical Association

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Since 2016 the Alabama Historical Association has given out the Robert J. "Jeff" Jakeman Award for Digital History to honor vari...
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Sunday, April 20, 2025

"Life Certificate of Registration" in 1902

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Since mom's death in January 2023 , my brother Richard and I have been on a long journey to get her and dad's house in Huntsville re...
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Alabama's First Female Physician: Louisa Shepard, M.D.

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Source: Find-A-Grave In 1836 Dr. Philip Madison Shepard, a Georgia native and graduate of the Georgia Medical College in Augusta, moved hi...
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