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This photo shows the south side of University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa (Ala.) looking west. In the foreground is Gray's Men's Shop. Next to it is Pizitz department store, then Woolworth's and Central Drug Store.

Gray's Men's Shop was owned…

This aerial photo shows the area between University Boulevard and what is now Paul W. Bryant Drive in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Near the foreground, the Fort W.W. Brandon Armory is shown. The Tuscaloosa Fire Station No. 2 now occupies the site. In the…

This is University Boulevard looking west, taken from the bank building.The north and south lanes of Lurleen Wallace Boulevard intersect the Boulevard.

The fountain in the middle of the street was used to water horses. It was taken down around 1920.

This postcard includes photos of the Allen & Jemison Hardware Store, City Hall, and McLester Hotel, all located on Greensboro Avenue. The Elks Home and Auditorium on the postcard was located on the southeast corner of Sixth Street and 22nd Avenue.…

Cars backed up down Greensboro Avenue waiting to cross the drawbridge into Northport. Tuscaloosa Chevrolet is in the background with River Hill and the 10-story bank building in the distance. Across Greensboro Avenue from the bank, the square…

River Hill stretches from the Black Warrior River to University Boulevard (formerly Broad Street). The old lift bridge that connected Northport to Tuscaloosa fed the traffic onto River Hill which is the north end of Greensboro Avenue. This photo was…

North side of Broad Street (University Boulevard). Rosenau Store on extreme left; also known as the Atlanta Store. Located on present site of First National Bank Building.

This aerial photo shows the lift bridge across the Black Warrior River from Northport to Tuscaloosa about 1970. The bridge was demolished in 1973 when the new Hugh Thomas Bridge was constructed.

Greensboro Avenue begins at the bridge and proceeds…

A photograph of Greensboro Avenue looking south from 7th Street. The First Baptist Church can be seen on the left and the First Methodist Church on the right.