Advertisement for The Pickwick, "Where Quality Reigns Supreme," found in the 1935 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook. The manager was Fred Ridolphi.
The Pickwick was a dance hall and special event venue in Birmingham.
Advertisement for The Maxwell-Raiford Jewelry Company found in the 1905 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook. The advertisement is for a silver collector's spoon depicting Clark Hall on The University of Alabama's campus which can be mailed…
Advertisement for The Fountain found in the 1903 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook. "Things to smoke, to read, to play, to drink, and sweets to eat."
This photo shows The Corner, 801 10th Street (now Paul W. Bryant Drive) circa 1949, not long after its opening in 1945 by John Puryear and Bill Schuessler.
The following account was written by Tuscaloosa News Editorial Editor Ben Windham July 8,…
John Puryear’s little drug/sundry store on 10th Street held the corner on cool in Tuscaloosa. In fact, that was the name of the place: The Corner. Future Gov. Albert Brewer worked the cash register. Near the jukebox, Joe Namath held court as young…
Advertisement for The Coffee Pot, the Smoke House and the Shamrock offering billiards and bowling found in the 1930 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook. Their motto was "The only paved highway from appetite to satisfaction."
The managers…