First row: Sis Partlow Pritchett, Charlotte McEachen, Sue C. Phifer, Netta J. Holley, Evelyn Bricken, Bealand Randal, Katherine Jordon and Mary Morgan.
A display for Child Safety Week was downtown at Greensboro Avenue and Broad Street (now University Boulevard) at the old flagpole, once a landmark at the intersection. The event was sponsored by WJRD Radio. The photo features prominent local sponsors…
A copy of The Catalogue of the Officers and Students of University High School for the Academic Year ending June 2, 1890, Tuskaloosa, Alabama. The University High School was founded in October, 1877, in Tuscaloosa by Professor William H. Verner. It…
The Cedarwood House was built in 1818 by Joseph Blodgett Stickney. This house represents a typical Alabama house of the early nineteenth century with steeply pitched gable roof additions and flanking vernacular Greek Revival wings of New England…
On March 1, 1901, the Rosenau Hosiery Mill was established in south Tuscaloosa. The area became known as “Socktown.” It employed 200 men and women in the production of hose and socks. At the time, the hosiery mill was the only factory in Tuscaloosa…
The Bus Station and Café was located on the north side of U.S. Highway 82 just east of the intersection of Alabama Highway 17 in Reform. The building just to the left in the photo was a service station. At that time there were service stations on…