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A photograph of and report on the Northport branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library when it was located in the Northport Civic Center at the intersection of U.S. Highways 82 and 43.

A photograph of Barbara Jordan with the audio equipment necessary to listen to the "talking books" supplied by the Library of Congress to libraries throughout the United States.

The Tuscaloosa Public Library, a Subregional Library for the Blind…

Photograph of the bookmobile at the Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department in McCalla.

Bookmobile service was restored to Tuscaloosa County in 1995 after the service was discontinued 10 years earlier due to lack of funds. This bookmobile was on the…

A photograph and article about the establishment of a library in Vance, Alabama.

The new branch of the library built on 18th Street between 29th and 30th avenues was inspected and accepted by the City of Tuscaloosa. The commissioners also okayed $5641.67 for furnishings which would be purchased from four local firms, at prices…

A photograph showing the interior of the new Weaver Branch of Friedman Library and an article describing the dedication of the branch.

Photograph taken at the rededication ceremony for the Weaver Branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library on Sunday, June 14, 1987. Pictured above (L-R) Ruth Eaton Bolden, retired librarian, Tuscaloosa Mayor Al DuPont, Yoga Jones, new branch librarian,…

Photograph of story time at the Weaver Branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library.

Caption:
Children gather around storyteller Cora Smith as she reads during an afternoon program at the Weaver Branch. The children (L-R) LaDonna Wilson, Jeffery…

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…

Program from the Open House conducted after the library renovation of 1999-2000