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This Druid Theater advertising actors Ann Margaret, and Dick Van Dyke starring in the movie "Bye Bye Birdie" was the second Druid Theater, It built in the early '60's and was located on University Blvd across from the new Embassy Suites, now a…

This is a program printed for concerts performed by the Tuscaloosa Community Band at Queen City Park on several dates during the summer of 1943. The conductor for the events was Col. Carleton K. Butler, director of the Million Dollar Band at the…

A marching band prepares to play for the people of Tuscaloosa before roads were paved. Paving of main roads began around 1913.

The Elks Home and Auditorium was built shortly after the organization of Elks Lodge No. 393 on January 7th, 1898. The auditorium was Tuscaloosa’s second opera house. It was located on the southeast corner of 6th Street and 22nd Avenue. In the 1920s…

The Elks Home and Auditorium was built shortly after the organization of Elks Lodge No. 393 on January 7th, 1898. The auditorium was Tuscaloosa’s second opera house. It was located on the southeast corner of 6th Street and 22nd Avenue. In the 1920s…

The Elks Home and Auditorium was built shortly after the organization of Elks Lodge No. 393 on January 7th, 1898. The auditorium was Tuscaloosa’s second opera house. It was located on the southeast corner of 6th Street and 22nd Avenue. In the 1920s…

Elvis Presley visited the University of Alabama in the 1970s.

The iconic Moon Winx Lodge sign shone on University Blvd. East in Alberta for more than 60 years. At one time, University Blvd. was the gateway to Tuscaloosa from Birmingham before McFarland Blvd. or Interstate 20/59 were built. Thousands of Alabama…