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This view is of the construction of the south east corner.

A U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building was constructed on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) at the corner of 22nd Street beginning in 1908. It was designed by architect James…

This view is of the construction of the south east corner.

A U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building was constructed on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) at the corner of 22nd Street beginning in 1908. It was designed by architect James…

This is a detailed view of looking toward the northwest from the 22nd Street front lobby entrance.

A U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building was constructed on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) at the corner of 22nd Street beginning in…

Stone masons work on the 22nd Avenue entrance to the U.S. Post Office lobby.

A U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building was constructed on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) at the corner of 22nd Street beginning in 1908. It was designed…

A U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building was constructed on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) at the corner of 22nd Street beginning in 1908. It was designed by architect James R. Taylor and was completed in 1909.

In 1970 the…

Castle Hill Water Tank, built in 1915, was a two and one-half million-gallon tank that went up on what was once Bryce Hospital property. The tank stood 60 feet high and was 72 feet in diameter and was built by Col. Woolsey Finnell.

At one time,…

The Tuscaloosa City Hall and market complex was constructed in 1889 and demolished in 1936. It was located on the corner of 6th Street and Greensboro Avenue at the present location of the Bama Theatre. The lower floors of the building housed a meat…

Ernest W. "Rainy" Collins (1911 - 2004) was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1976-1981., elected from a field of 20 candidates after the death of Mayor C. Snow Hinton in office.

Collins' was unopposed in 1977 and was re-elected for a full term, which was…

From left to right are Alabama State Representative Edward D. "Big Ed" Robertson, Sam McGee, District 3; Charlie Allen, District 2; John "Redjohn" Puryear, Probate Judge and Robert Dewberry, District 1.

This photo was probably taken in the early…

Sheriff Palmer Morrison Watts was shot down in cold blood by notorious Tuscaloosa County outlaw Doc (Dock) Bigham when he and special revenue officers raided two big stills in the Piney Woods community of northern Tuscaloosa County. Bigham was…