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  • The Charles Motel

    Front: The Charles Motel, Huntsville, Ala., 2 Miles North of By-pass, on U.S. Highways 231 & 431.
    Back: THE Charles MOTEL, THE Charles RESTAURANT, Huntsville, Alabama.
    Owned & Operated by Mr. & Mrs. L.D. Miller, Phone JEfferson 6-2524, P.O. Address: Meridianvllle, Alabama
  • The Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula

    A chapel within the Tower of London. This is where the most famous prisoners of the tower were buried after their executions. Katherine Howard was one of three queens buried here.
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  • The Butler Training School

    Front: The Butler Training School, Huntsville, Ala.
  • 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.
  • The Bradley Home at Merrimack and The Burns Home

    Front: The Bradley Home at Merrimack - The Burns Home - Huntsville, Ala.
  • The Bradley Home at Merrimack and The Burns Home

    Front: The Bradley Home at Merrimack - Huntsville, Ala. - The Burns Home.
  • The Black Arrow Rocket dispayed in the Science Museum.

    The Black Arrow Rocket is hanging from the ceiling of the space exploration exhibit of the Science Museum. The first stage of the rocket can be seen in the bulk of the image, while the second and third stage of the rocket can be seen further down in the image.
  • The Big Spring, Source of the South's First Public Waterway

    Back: THE BIG SPRING, Huntsville, Alabama. Located near the center of town, this spring furnished all the city's water supply from its earliest days until recent years. It formed the nucleus for the South's first - and the nation's second - public waterworks system. Now world famous.
  • The Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala.

    Front: The Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala.
  • The Big Spring & Fourth Courthouse

    Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. The Big Spring with the Madison County Courthouse in the background.
  • The Big Spring

    Part of the Big Spring Park looking out over a fountain and a water way, with fields and trees in the background.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: The Big Spring, Huntsville, Alabama
    Back: THE BIG SPRING, HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Located in the heart of town at the base of a rock wall of some sixty feet. This spring has an output of approximately 23,000,000 gallons daily. It is a world famous landmark.
  • The Big Spring

    Back: The Big Spring - a great watering spot for Indians and later pioneers heading West - was the reason for HUNTSVILLE'S founding more than 150 years ago. It was here that President James Monroe attended ceremonies admitting Alabama into Statehood in 1819. The mother of seven Governors and Rebel Raider, Gen. John Hunt Morgan, Huntsville is today best known as a center of the nation's guided missile development program at Redstone Arsenal.
  • The Big Spring

    Back: THE BIG SPRING, Huntsville, Alabama. Located near the center of town, this spring furnished all the city's water supply from its earliest days until recent years. It formed the nucleus for the South's first - and the nation's second - public waterworks system. Now world famous.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: A Close Up View of the Big Spring, Huntsville, Alabama
    Capacity of Spring 24,000,000 Gallons Daily
    Back: John Hunt, the founder of Huntsville, in 1805, was the first white man to build his hut on the banks of Biq Spring, and it was from this pioneer that Huntsville takes its name.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: A close-up View of the Big Spring, Daily capacity 24,000,000 Gallons, Huntsville, Alabama.
    Back: View of the Big Spring from which Huntsville secures its water supply.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: Big Spring, Huntsville's Water Supply, Huntsville, Ala.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: The Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala. Capacity 24,000,000 Gallons Daily.
    Back: John Hunt, the founder of Huntsville, in 1805, was the first white man to build his hut on the banks of Big Spring, and it was from this pioneer that Huntsville takes its name.
  • The Big Spring

    Front: Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala.
    Back: This spring is the city's water supply. Estimated flow is 24,000,000 gallons daily and is one block from city square.

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