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  • Collection: Community Organizations

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The Tuscaloosa Country Club, organized in 1921 and constructed in 1922, had a nine-hole golf course.

It was not the first golf course in Tuscaloosa. The first was the Riverside Golf Course, located on what was once Queen City Park and which had…

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Owen Meredith, Bert Bank and William "Billy" Dunham represent the Tuscaloosa Jaycees in this photo. Jaycees were the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

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The picture depicts a red phoenix logo of the Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition on a lavender shirt. The Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition was a community-based production group formed in 1986 by Rose Gladney and Marcia Winter to support lesbian concerns and…

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This is the Masonic Lodge/Eastern Star Building that stood at 2411 6th Street in Tuscaloosa. Christ Episcopal Church is on the right and the Searcy building (Bama Theatre location) is on the left. The Allen and Jemison Hardware Store sign can be seen…

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This photo shows the Searcy House when it was used for the Tuscaloosa Public Library from 1926 to 1958.

The two-story Searcy House was built in 1904 by George Searcy, a Tuscaloosa banker and businessman. It was sold to Tuscaloosa County in 1925…

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Article in the Tuscaloosa News on March 10, 1931, about the early days of the Tuscaloosa Public Library

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Report of the Tuscaloosa Public Library Board Meeting

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The 1943 annual report of the Tuscaloosa County Library including the hiring of a new librarian.

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An account of the history of the Tuscaloosa Public Library by Thomas Clinton that was written in 1945.

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A photograph of students at Bethel School enjoying a visit of the Tuscaloosa Public Library Bookmobile.

One out of 33 - The Bookmobile visits 33 schools in the county and 17 adult stations each month. This picture, taken at Bethel School, shows a…
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