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  • Collection: Northport - People and Places

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The Orange Crush Bottling Company was located on 10th Street in Northport.

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A photograph of Mrs. Christian at 102. She was born in the Lock 17 area of northern Tuscaloosa County. Her father, William Earnest, was killed in the Civil War.  She married Winton Overton Christian on October 23, 1878 and had 9 children. Additional…

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Simpson's Store and Bell Drug Company located in the old Christian Brothers store at the corner of Fifth Street and Main Avenue in Northport.

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The Catalina Motel, now known as the Best Western Catalina Inn, is located at 2015 McFarland Boulevard, west of the Highway 69 intersection in Northport.

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Right is G.W. Christian, Sr., to the left is G.W. Christian, II and in the middle is Tom Christian.

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Dr. Bell's Drugstore was located at the corner of Fifth Street and Main Avenue in Northport, just south of White Brothers General Merchandise Store. A Mr. Barnes (first name unknown) is on the left and Vasa Adams is on the right.

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Main Avenue in Northport is covered with snow. Standing in the street are (left) Gordon Darden who sold insurance in Northport and (right) Hamner Patton, who was associated with Oakridge Dairy. The man in the middle is unknown.

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James Shirley built this building on the south west corner of Main Avenue and 5th Street in Northport.

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James W. Anders stands by a pot-bellied stove in Anders Hardware in Northport. Anders was mayor of Northport from 1938 to 1956. He was born on October 21, 1887 and died at age 74 on February 10, 1962, after a long illness.

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Marvin Harper is the boy standing on this pile of lumber on Compress Street ( now 30th Avenue) in Northport. The third child seated is Mattie Harper Phillips, the fourth is Ewel Harper and the sixth is Elizabeth Powell.
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