Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Polio in Alabama in 1941
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As I often do, I was perusing some old issues of the Gadsden Times recently and in July and August 1941 issues I found several articles abou...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026
Noccalula Falls Back in the Day [1000th post]
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Well, here we are at my 1000th posting on this blog since March 2014. Scary. I thought I would devote this one to a bit of family history. ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Johnny Mack Brown Appears in Gadsden in 1945
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I've written several pieces on this blog about football star, actor and Dothan native Johnny Mack Brown . Two of them discussed his 1928...
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Alabama Postcards: Motels (1)
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I have a sizeable and growing Alabama postcard collection, and this post highlights six that feature motels. I have many others on that top...
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Sunday, May 24, 2026
Resuming Grid Relations in 1945
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Here we have another item from the old Gadsden Times issues I've been paging through in recent months. This brief article relates to one...
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Alabama Photo: A Barn in 1935 by Walker Evans
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Walker Evans is one of the most famous American documentary photographers of the 20th century. He made at least two trips to Alabama duri...
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