Carriage on Queen City Avenue, Tuscaloosa, circa 1897

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Title

Carriage on Queen City Avenue, Tuscaloosa, circa 1897

Subject

Leach, Naneita McEachin
Alston, Mary Huell Nabors
Carriages and carts
Parades

Description

Circa 1897 - The flower-laden carriage in which Naneita McEachin and Mary Hewell Nabors ride may have been part of a parade at the University of Alabama; McEachin was a Corolla Beauty in the college annual of 1896. The carriage is shown on the 709 block of Queen City Avenue where the Rev. L. O. Dawson memorial granite monument now sits. The historic Somerville-McEachin-Hale house is in the background. Additional subjects in the foreground are unknown.

McEachin later married Dr. Sydney Leach and Nabors became Mrs. James Fitts Alston.

Creator

Turner Photography Studios, Tuscaloosa

Source

David Nelson

Date

Circa 1897

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library
Betty Slowe (Description)

Type

Photograph

Identifier

1230

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

photograph

Physical Dimensions

7 inches by 5 inches