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Judge Elbert Boozer stands on a replica of the state capitol that he hauled around the state on a trailer to use as a backdrop for his speeches in the primary campaign for governor in 1946. He lost the election to James E. Folsom., Sr.


He was…

This aerial view is of the construction of the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse located on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Lurleen Wallace Blvd. The old jail is still visible upper right of the courthouse, before its demolition.

The…

Lurleen Burns Wallace at age two when a photographer stopped at her home with his billy goat and wagon to make her picture. The Burns were living in Tuscaloosa at that time.

Lurleen Burns Wallace, was Governor of Alabama from 1967 until her death…

This is the old Tuscaloosa County Courthouse and Jail, which was located on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Lurleen Wallace Blvd. at the site of the current county courthouse.

E. Spinks of Birmingham prepared the plans for the…

This is the old Tuscaloosa County Courthouse which was located on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Lurleen Wallace Blvd. at the site of the current county courthouse.

E. Spinks of Birmingham prepared the plans for the courthouse and…

This is the old Tuscaloosa County Courthouse which was located on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Lurleen Wallace Blvd. at the site of the current county courthouse.

W.E. Spinks of Birmingham prepared the plans for the courthouse and…

The fire department was located on 7th Street between 23rd Avenue and 24th Avenue facing north. The building was constructed by Judge Henry B. Foster around 1916. The city rented the building from Judge Foster.

The fire department had 12 career…

The old water tower stood on the west end of town. The young women perched on the steam shovel are unidentified , but Andrew Graettinger from the UA engineering department said the steam shovel is a Marion, built in Marion, Ohio. He says these…

This photograph of Lurleen Burns Wallace was taken when she was 17 years old, shortly before the birth of her first child, Bobbi Jo.

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

William Carlos ( "W.C.") Jemison (December 2, 1850 - March 28, 1901) was born in Tuscaloosa to William Henry Jemison and his wife Elizabeth Ann Patrick Jemison.

William Henry Jemison, a brother of Robert Jemison, was a wealthy planter who had…