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Lurleen Burns Wallace, was Governor of Alabama from 1967 until her death from cancer in 1968. She was the 46th Governor of the State of Alabama succeeding her husband, George Wallace. She was the only woman ever elected to the office.

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Tuscaloosa County High School invited Lurleen Wallace back to her home county and made her Honorary Alumnae Queen at their homecoming in 1966.

Lurleen Burns Wallace, was Governor of Alabama from 1967 until her death from cancer in 1968. She was…

This is the Old Tuscaloosa County Jail at 2803 6th Street in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which is across the street from the Old State Capitol ruins in Capitol Park. In 1856, the jail was built by William B. Robertson at the cost of $8,029.40. It had the…

Standing from the left with Gov. George C. Wallace (seated) are Hilliard Fletcher, Bert Bank, Richard Shelby, James L. Chancy, Ed Robertson, Snow Hinton, John Culver and Tim Parker Sr.
This photo was likely the signing of a bill by Gov. Wallace in…

Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace is shown with Bert Bank, Rep. Hugh Thomas and an unidentified man on a visit to Tuscaloosa.

Lurleen Burns Wallace, was Governor of Alabama from 1967 until her death from cancer in 1968. She was the 46th Governor…

In this photo taken in 1954, "Big Jim" poses in front of Hutchins Quick Lunch, located on Greensboro Ave. Several people in the photo were BFGoodrich workers. Identified in the photo are: Hoyt Hamner, Cliff Mock, Ace Trammel, Billy Thomson, Fuller…

Firemen show an antiquated piece of fire fighting equipment on parade traveling west on University Boulevard past Walker Motor Company. The event may have been a fire prevention parade.

The Tuscaloosa Fire Department 1923 LaFrance pumper in a fire prevention parade on University Boulevard in 1939. Waddell Bailey was a firefighter who had died earlier that year.

In 1939, the Tuscaloosa Fire Department had 18 firefighters and 423…

Tuscaloosa firefighters are shown in 1915 with the city's first pumper - a 1914 LaFrance Model 12. A firefighter is wearing a white shirt and a bow tie at a house fire. The new pumper had solid rubber tires, a spot light, lanterns and bell mounted on…

Three of Tuscaloosa's first career firefighters with child on black goat in the fire house on the 2100 block of Seventh Street. The rented building was the last fire house to house horses. The black goat was the Tuscaloosa Fire Department's mascot.