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C. Snow Hinton (1919-1976) was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1969 to 1976.

Hinton's political career began when he was elected finance and water works commissioner in 1961. A businessman and member of a prominent local family, Hinton got into a runoff…

George Van Tassel (1913 - 2007) graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1939. He served in the European Theater in World War II and returned to Tuscaloosa where he was an attorney.

He was elected mayor of Tuscaloosa in 1956, to…

Tuscaloosa fire fighters demonstrate how to jump from a burning building. The fireman jumping was Leonard Robinson of Tuscaloosa.

The firefighters from the Old No. 2 Fire Station in Tuscaloosa had 100 percent participation in the United Fund Drive in 1955. The No. 2 Station was located on 10th Street (now Paul W. Bryant Drive) near Bryant Denny Stadium. Left are three United…

This 1830s painting of the intersection of 6th Street and Greensboro Avenue shows the Masonic Hall which was used as the County Court House, the town market and meeting hall, and the Episcopal Church.

Tuscaloosa was the state capitol of Alabama from 1827 to 1846 . Originally in Cahaba,the capitol was moved to Tuscaloosa because of flooding in Cahaba. The Capitol Building was designed by William Nichols, Alabama State Architect, who also designed …

Alabama Governor George Wallace and others on a road machine. Behind Wallace is George Robertson Sr. The man in overalls is George Hardin. Both Robertson and Hardin worked for the Tuscaloosa County Road Department. The identity of the man in the suit…

The new Post Office under construction on 22nd Avenue.

Alabama Governor Albert P. Brewer is shown in his office in Montgomery, along with (left to right) Bert Bank, Herman Hickman, Edgerton B. Harris Jr, (Brewer), Cliff Davenport, and Rep. John Culver.

Brewer had been elected lieutenant governor when…

West Alabama officials at the signing of a joint proclamation of Hi-Neighbor Day. In the middle is Tuscaloosa Mayor George Van Tassel. Left is Cliff Davenport, head of the Chamber of Commerce.