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  • Redstone Motel

    Front: Redstone Motel
    Back: REDSTONE MOTEL, Highway 231 South, Huntsville, Alabama, Air-Conditioned - Electric Heat, "The Utmost in Comfort", Phone JEfferson 4-6854.
  • Hospitality House Dining Room

    Back: HOSPITALITY HOUSE DINING ROOM, Adjoining. Monte Plaza Motel, City Route 231, South, Huntsville, Ala.
    An atmosphere of Hospitality from the old south, combined with only highest quality foods prepared with the greatest care to accent natural flavors. So delightfully different!
  • Space Capitol Motel

    Back: Space Capitol Motel, 4809 Governors Drive, W., Huntsville. Alabama 35805.
    Swimming Pool - Television - Conference Suite - Restaurant - Self Dial Phones - Free Limousine Service to and from Airport.
    Call 205 - 837-1670 Collect for Reservations. On the Jetport Highway - Routes Alt. 72 and Ala. 20
  • U.S. Highway 231

    Back: U-Tel-It Restaurant
    U S Highway 231 - 431 North two blocks from Uptown. HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA, Phones 9196 - 2706
    Air Conditioned - Serves Regular Dinners - Short Orders - Steaks - Sandwiches - All kinds Homemade Pies. Excellent Air Conditioned Bon-Air Motel in connection. Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Hicks, Owners & Managers.
  • Bon-Air Motel

    Front: Bon-Air Motel, U. S. 231, Huntsville, Alabama
    Back: BON-AIR MOTEL, Electric Heat - Air-Conditioned - Tile Showers - Beauty Rest Mattresses - Excellent Air Conditioned Restaurant near by. MR. & MRS. R. E. HICKS, Owners and Managers. U.S. Highway 231 inside City Limits. North Huntsville, Alabama. Phone 2706.
  • Bon-Air Motel

    Front: Bon-Air Motel, U. S. 231, Huntsville, Alabama
    Back: BON-AIR MOTEL, Electric Heat - Air-Conditioned - Tile Showers - Beauty Rest Mattresses - Excellent Air Conditioned Restaurant near by. MR. & MRS. R. E. HICKS, Owners and Managers. U.S. Highway 231 inside City Limits. North Huntsville, Alabama. Phone 2706.
  • Mother Nature vs. Mankind

    Back: MOTHER NATURE vs. MANKIND, Nature Trail near Huntsville, Ala.
    This picture mode possible by some careless camper or stupid smoker.
    Firefighting equipment could not reach the action, but volunteers kept destruction minimised until an unpredicted downpour ended a dry spell, and saved hundreds of acres of beautiful woodland.
  • Blacksmith at work at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum. Missile and Space Capital.

    Back: Blacksmith at work at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum. Living history interpreters perform the tasks of 19th century farmers in Burritt's Living History Program.
  • The Burritt Mansion at Burritt on the Mountain

    Back: The Burritt Mansion at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum. Built by Dr. William Henry Burritt for his retirement home atop Round Top Mountain with a commanding view of the City of Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley. Completed in 1938, the house is insulated with 2200 bales of wheat straw.
  • Burritt Museum on Monte Sano Mountain

    Back: BURRITT MUSEUM on Monto Sano Mountain, Huntsville, Alabama. Situated on 167 acres of land, with one of the most scenic views in the beautiful North Alabama region. The Burritt Museum and its grounds contain countless items of local and national interest.
  • Brush Goat at Burritt on the Mountain

    Back: Brush Goat at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum. Historic breeds of animals typical on the farms of North Alabama in 1900 bring to life the experiences of our rural ancestors. The term Brush Goat simply refers to a mixture of two or more breeds.
  • Sorghum Furnace at Burritt on the Mountain

    Back: Sorghum Furnace at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum. Southern farmers boiled down the juice from their sorghum cane crops in furnaces to make a pure, amber colored syrup. In the late 19th century, sorghum was the most popular sweetener in the South.
  • Arch at Entrance to Burritt on the Mountain

    Back: Arch at entrance to Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum, Built by Dr. William Henry Burritt as the entrance to his retirement estate completed in 1938.
  • Aerial view of Burritt on the Mountain

    Back: Aerial view of Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum with Jones Valley in the background.
  • Gardiner Cabin at Burritt on the Mountain

    Back: Gardiner Cabin at Burritt on the Mountain - a Living Museum (1850). The Gardiner Cabin originally stood in southern Madison County near the Tennessee River. A small one-room cabin, it is typical of slave housing in the Tennessee Valley.
  • Smith-Williams Log House

    Back: Smith-Williams Log House at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living Museum (1900). The Smith-Williams house originally stood on the eastern base of Monte Sano Mountain. It is a typical home of a subsistence farm family in the hills of North Alabama in 1900.
  • Sunset on Monte Sano

    Front: Sunset on Monte Sano, Huntsville, Ala.
    Back: For a breathtaking view, come to Monte Sano State Park at sunset. The scenes from the mountain are beautiful in the day, too.
  • Rocket City Astronomical Association

    Back: ROCKET CITY ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION, MONTE SANO STATE PARK, HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA
    Huntsville it the home of Redstone Arsenal, the world's largest rocket and guided missile research and development center.
  • Scene from Monte Sano Park near Huntsville, Alabama

    Back: Scene from Monte Sano Park near Huntsville, Alabama
  • Beautiful View from Monte Sano State Park

    Front: H-14-Beautiful View from Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Ala.

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