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Advertisement for Grand Cleaners.
Grand Cleaners, located at 801 Franklin St. SE in Huntsville, was owned and operated by Shelby and Lou Johnson. The Grand Cleaners building opened in 1947 as a state-of-the-art drycleaning facility. Sterling Travel Agency now occupies the building. -
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. -
Military Tours Lincoln Mill, circa 1940s
A US Army officer receives a tour of the Lincoln Mill, c. 1940s. A mill worker demonstrates how the equipment is used during his visit. -
A view of Levert St, circa 1972.
Levert St is situated in Lincoln Mill village, which accommodated a substantial number of mill workers. The photograph is incorrectly labeled as Levent St. This photograph is dated 1972. -
Details of an Ice Chart of the Southern Hemisphere
Showcases where Captain Cook saw pack ice outside Antarctica's coast. -
South Polar Chart
Chart showing tracks of expeditions to Antarctica -
Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup presented by Messrs. Root & Co., Ltd.
This is a pamphlet advertising the first edition of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Race at Herne Hill Velodrome. It includes rules, -
Wood engraving of the first quinine tree being planted in the Neilgherry hills, India.
Cinchona plantations in the Neilgherry hills India. Sir William Denison, the governor of Madras, is planting the first tree in a new plantation for the production of quinine. -
View of Morton Hall and extension
Morton Hall, located on 301 sparkman drive northwest, is the hall right next to the Franks dorms and houses most of the language arts and other humanity subjects in uah. It is one of the oldest buildings on UAH campus which was first created in 1961. -
Montgomery Advertiser Photographs of AIDS Outreach
A clipping of the digitization of the October 21, 1989 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser's Religion Section that has a photograph of AIDS outreach attempts by churches. The top photo is of Revs. Elizabeth Leech (left) and Stephen Pieters. The bottom photo is of Rev. William Rupracht. -
A Picture of the Agape House from the Birmingham Post Herald
A digitization of a picture of the Agape House in Birmingham, Alabama before renovations started to turn it into a special AIDS housing unit. -
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Remembering
A clipping of a digital scan of the December 2, 1994 Birmingham Post Herald Metro-State page -
Many Area Churches Marking World AIDS Day - Birmingham Post-Herald
A clipping of a scan of the Birmingham Post-Herald's 1994 newspaper article about how area churches are participating in World AIDs Day. -
Down Street Station Entry Tunnel
A photo of the entrance tunnel to the abandoned Down Street Station taken on a tour of the station in March 2024. -
Down Street Station Facade
Front of current day down street station taken before a tour of the station -
View Of Optics Building Front Entrance
This photo shows a new view of the Optics Building. -
A Photo of Frank Romanowicz in front of Agape House
A black and white digitization of a photo from a 1992 issue of the Birmingham Post Herald of AIDS volunteer and activist Frank Romanowicz in front of the Agape House. -
AIDS Found Among Prisoners
A letter about AIDS being found in the prison population in 1985 from the Mobile Press.