Sokol Mud Pullets Softball Team, circa 1946
Softball
Sokols Mud Pullets (1946-49)
1st row: Elizabeth Beatty, Betty Frazier, Jean Evans, Annette Rushing Mills, Frances Anderson, "Pete" Watkins Nelson Walker, Gladys Romaine, Burma Ray Moore Benefield, Dottie Sue Rushing Sellers.
2nd row: Coach Woodrow Rushing, Janet Franklin Rushing, Betty Turner Mills, Ruth Sanford, Mona Lisa Earnest Valles, Sue Walker, ?, Gladys Sanders Hassell, Coach James Rushing. One player remains unidentified
Bruce Davis
Circa 1946
Betty Slowe (Description)
Photograph
506
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Friedman Swimming Hole
Outdoor recreation.
Bee Branch (AL)
This swimming hole once existed on the property of Sam and Laurie Friedman on Bee Branch Road. The creek is Bee Branch, one of the five major tributaries to Hurricane Creek.
The Friedman family gathered here at their summer home, known as "Dogwood Lodge", to swim, eat, and enjoy life.
Sue Blackshear
1941-1950
Alina Coryell (Description)
Sue Blackshear
Photograph
507
Tuscaloosa County (AL)
Young Ladies Swimming at Local Creek, circa 1923
Outdoor Recreation
Hurricane Creek (AL)
Josephine, Olivia, and Dorothy Murphy enjoy an afternoon swim on the banks of Hurricane Creek in the Brookwood area circa 1923.
The photograph was provided by John Earl, the son of Josephine Murphy Earl.
John Earl
circa 1923
Alina Coryell (Description)
Photograph
508
Tuscaloosa County (AL)
Stallworth Lake in the Snow, circa 1941
Snow
Lakes
Recreation areas
Stallworth Lake was a recreational lake that was located at the foot of River Hill. The lake, which was built in 1918, had sliding boards, spring boards, diving towers, floating rafts, boating, a merry-go-round, and a miniature zoo. It became a city landfill in 1948.
This photo shows the area covered with snow. In the foreground is the mechanism used to drain the lake water into the Black Warrior River in the winter. The contributor of the photo says that he was told that 16 springs ran into Stallworth Lake to fill it. It had an overflow that took excess water into the river.
Bruce Davis
Circa 1941
Betty Slowe (Description)
Photograph
545
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Stallworth Lake in the Snow, 1929
Snow
Lakes
Recreation areas
Stallworth Lake was a recreational lake that was located at the foot of River Hill. The lake, which was built in 1918, had sliding boards, spring boards, diving towers, floating rafts, boating, a merry-go-round, and a miniature zoo. It became a city landfill in 1948.
In this photograph Stallworth Lake lies beneath a layer of snow. In the distance is the Black Warrior River with the lift bridge crossing it from Northport. In the distance off to the left is the railroad trestle that crosses the river. In the foreground is the Burchfield Hotel and behind it, Tuscaloosa Produce Company.
Dec. 22, 1929
Photograph
595
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Queen City Park Swimming Pool, 1943
Swimming pools
Schuler, Don Buel, 1888-1961
This is a program for the the dedication of the Queen City Park Swimming Pool on May 18, 1943. The program contains a page in memory of David Warner, history of Queen City Park and information about the dedication ceremonies. The pool and bath house were designed by Don Buel Schuyler, an apprentice to architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and were constructed as a WPA project during the Great Depression. The pool was used from 1943 to 1989. The pool was filled in with dirt in 2002 and the bath house was converted to become the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum in 2011. The structure was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1992 for its architectural and historical significance.
Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
May 18, 1943
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Document
606
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Queen City Park Swimming Pool
Swimming pools
Schuler, Don Buel, 1888-1961
Warner, Mildred Westervelt, 1893-1974
A photograph of Queen City Swimming Pool. The pool and bath house were designed by Don Buel Schuyler, an apprentice to architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and were constructed as a WPA project during the Great Depression.
The pool was used from 1943 to 1989. The pool was filled in with dirt in 2002 and the bath house was converted to become the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum in 2011.
The structure was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1992 for its architectural and historical significance.
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Photograph
658
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Stallworth Lake Advertisement, circa 1923
Recreation areas
Lakes
Stallworth Lake was a recreational lake that was located at the foot of River Hill. The lake was built in 1918 by damming four acres of marsh land. The lake had sliding boards, spring boards, diving towers, floating rafts, boating, a merry-go-round, and a miniature zoo. Despite the adverting of cool water, residents who remember the lake said the water was warm, sluggish and soupy, not at all refreshing. Water temperatures got up to 85 degrees in the summer. Admission to the lake in 1930 was 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. It became a city landfill in 1948.
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Circa 1923
Betty Slowe (Description)
Advertisement
972
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Golfer William E. Burton, 1906-1999
Golfers
Bill Burton was the golf pro at the Tuscaloosa Country Club from 1942-1976. Burton instructed such golfers as Jack Maness, Dick Pride, Jackie Cummings and Bob Hemphill. In 1966, he was honored as the Professional of the Year by the Alabama Golf Association.
Burton was interviewed by the Tuscaloosa News on October 28, 1987, just after the Tuscaloosa Country Club's course was redesigned due to the construction of the Oliver Lock and Dam. In the interview Burton discussed the creation of the golf course in early 1920s, how his friends were not very happy that the golf course took their playground and how they sometimes turned loose the mules used in construction. He also discussed other events that had taken place at the golf course such as the time the 1931 tornado came through and heavily damaged the club.
Judy Burton Phillips
October 25, 1987
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Tuscaloosa News- Story
Judy Burton Phillips- Photo
Photograph
Photograph
1012
Tuscaloosa (AL)
American Legion Baseball Players, circa 1940
Baseball
Cousins Sammy Hayes and James Carl Hayes pose in front of H&W Drug Store located in the Alston Building on Greensboro Avenue in Tuscaloosa. The boys are wearing their American Legion baseball uniforms. The boys played for the Farley W. Moody Post of the American Legion of which James Carl's father was a member.
Sammy's name was John Samuel Hayes, born on July 24, 1927, to Samuel Victor Hayes and Essie Vaughn Hayes. The family lived in Echola.
James Carl Hayes was born August 19, 1925, to James Nathan Hayes and Dollie Sherrill Hayes. The family lived in Echola, but moved to Tuscaloosa in 1943. James Carl Hayes was killed in a motorcycle accident at Greensboro Avenue and 15th Street on May 3, 1945, when he was 19 years old.
Personal Collection of Teresa Davis
Circa 1940
Betty Slowe (Description)
Photograph
1021
Tuscaloosa (AL)