UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • Ada Reynolds customer account page, 1906-1907.

    This is an image of Ada Reynolds' customer account page from a Harrison Brothers Hardware customer account ledger located in the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Special Collections. Transactions and payments on this page date from February 9, 1906, to August 1, 1907. This ledger references Daily Accounts Book 5 in the Harrison Brothers Hardware Collection at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections. The letter 'D', written in pencil above Ada Reynolds' name, indicates that Ada Reynolds was from Dallas Mills, Alabama.
  • Image of South-Side Courthouse Square.

    This is an image of South-Side Courthouse Square, also known as Commercial Row, taken from the west corner around the late nineteenth century. The steeple of the Episcopal Church on Eustis St. can be seen in the background of the image.
  • Image of South-Side Courthouse Square looking East.

    This is an image of South-Side Courthouse Square, also known as Commercial Row, looking East. The Madison County Courthouse can be seen on the left side of the image. The steeple of the Episcopal Church on Eustis St. can be seen in the background of the image. Various buildings on Commercial Row, including the recognizable Harrison Brothers storefront, can be seen on the right side of the image. Trolly tracks, powerlines, and early-model cars are also visible in the center of the image along South-Side Square.
  • Image of Goldsmith Grosser Co.

    This is an image of the Goldsmith-Grosser Company located in Huntsville, Alabama. Men's hats and jackets are on display in the store windows and two men can be seen leaning on a display case inside the store.
  • Dallas Mill village street.

    This is an image of Dallas Mill Village in Huntsville, Alabama. There are houses on either side of the dirt street and each is surrounded by a picket fence. In the image, Trolly car tracks and railroad tracks can be seen along the dirt street.
  • South-Side Courthouse Square, late 1800s.

    This is an image of South-Side Courthouse Square taken around the end of the nineteenth century. In the image, horses are tied to the fence that surrounds the Madison County courthouse. Various stores, including Campell & Teetzel, Spotswood House, and A.F. Murry Books and Stationary, on the west side of the street can be seen on the right side of the image.
  • Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Commercial Row, 1898

    This is a screenshot of page 10 of the 1898 Huntsville Sanborn Fire Insurance map. This image of Commercial Row shows that the store at No. 3 sells Wholesale Tobacco. This map shows that the Harrison Brothers sold Wholesale Tobacco from their store on Commercial Row
  • Huntsville Postal and Souvenir Guide Page, 1901

    This is the title page for a 1901 promotional booklet for the city of Huntsville and local businesses. The title of the booklet is "Huntsville at the Dawn of the 20th Century" and presents Huntsville as a progressive town with great business potential.
  • Blueprint of Dallas Mill Village, 1893

    This blueprint of the Dallas Mill Village was created by Oscar Goldsmith, owner of the Huntsville Land Company and Treasurer of Dallas Manufacturing Company, to show the Dallas board of directors the expansion of the mill village. By February 20, 1893, the Huntsville Land Company had built 50 double houses for the employees of Dallas Mill and was contracted to build 25 more that year. The blocks highlighted in red are were homes were already built in February 1893 and the blocks in black are the planned construction sites.
  • Harrison Brothers Princess Steel Ranges Advertisement, 1911

    This is a 1911 Harrison Brothers Hardware store advertisement from The Huntsville Times. The store is advertising the Princess Steel Range and lists the reasons why one should buy a Princess.
  • Keeping the Dollars at Home Harrison Brothers Advertisement, 1911

    This is a Harrison Brothers Hardware advertisement posted in the Huntsville Times in December 1911. The advertisement title "Keeping the Dollars at Home" tells the story of a farmer who loses his money to a retail mail order house. The advertisement boasts Harrison Brother's low prices for hardware, stoves, ranges, implements, vehicles, and house furnishing goods without the freight charge.
  • Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Page in the Huntsville Post, 1900

    This is a page from the December 27, 1900, Art Industrial Edition of the Huntsville Post. This newspaper was used as a promotional material for the City of Huntsville. On this page, is an advertisement for the Heralds of Liberty, a progressive organization in Huntsville, and an article about the work of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce. The men photographed on the page are Oscar Goldsmith, Vice-President; T.W. Pratt, President; H.J. Lowenthal, Treasurer; and N.F. Thompson, Secretary.
  • $33, 800 Fire on Commercial Row, 1901

    This news article from The Journal, Huntsville, Alabama's Black-owned newspaper, lists the cost of a fire on Commercial Row in December 1901. The article was published on December 26, 1901. The total cost of the fire was $33, 800.
  • United Charities and the Dallas Day Nursery, 1900

    This is an article featured in a Dallas News section of the Huntsville Weekly Democrat on September 19, 1900. According to the article, Dallas Mill had plans to establish a day nursery on the W.H. Moore property with the help of United Charity. United Charities was a group of women who lobbied the Huntsville city council to better the conditions in Huntsville's cotton mill villages. The day nursery was expected to solve the problem of child labor in the mill. Mrs. Anna B. Robertson and Mrs. Alberta C. Taylor visited the Dallas Mill in Nashville to research the day nursery there. Mrs. Robertson was to be the matron of the nursery. The article also announces a dormitory for homeless girls and a school to be built on the same W.H. Moore property.
  • A Disastrous Fire on Commercial Row, Weekly Democrat, 1901

    This article from the Huntsville Weekly Democrat reports the cause and the estimated losses of the Commercial Row Fire on December 21, 1900. According to the article, the fire originated in the Alabama Feed and Implements Company store. One man died due to injuries from the fire and another man was injured. Estimated losses for each of the businesses on the street are listed in the article. The estimated loss for Harrison Brothers two buildings was $4,500.

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