UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

Browse Items (8239 total)

  • Current View Behind Paymaster's Office Toward Lowe Mill

    A view of Lowe Mill behind the old paymaster's office and current studio, bike store. It features the water tower in the background.
  • Cycling 460 Miles at 19 Miles an Hour

    This is an article from an unknown magazine or newspaper which is authored by Frank Shorland and is about how me won the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup.
    Tags , , ,
  • D.S. Brandon transaction, September 5, 1898.

    This image of a D.S. Brandon transaction from September 5, 1898, is cropped from page 89 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902. In this transaction, D.S. Brandon purchased a tobacco product. The transaction on this page corresponds to H. Brandon's customer account on page 28 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Henderson and his son Daniel S. Brandon were Black business owners in Huntsville, Alabama.
  • D.T. Harrison tobacco card.

    The text on this card states "Manufactured only by D.T. Harrison, Huntsville, Alabama. Notice: The Manufacturer of this Tobacco has complied with all the requirements of law. Every person is cautioned under the penalty of law not to use this package for Tobacco again. D.T. Harrison, Factory, 1, District, Alabama. Hay Bros, Print, Huntsville, Ala."
  • Daguerreotypes (2), unidentified

  • Daily Mercury Newspaper, 1897

  • Dallas 1972, Easter-Egg-Hunt."

    Kerry, Betty, and Klaus Dannenberg attend an Easter egg hunt around the local pool of the Brookgreen Park apartment complex, where they live in Dallas, Texas. Many other families are shown also bringing their kids to the hunt, and Kerry Dannenberg is shown finding some of the eggs. Spring 1972.
  • Dallas Baseball Team

    The Dallas Manufacturing Company baseball team played for Dallas Mills. Their home field was at Dallas (Optimist) Park.
  • Dallas Cotton Mills

    Front: Dallas Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
    Back: Dallas Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
  • Dallas County and Cahaba Historical Commission Various Correspondence, 1960 - 1963

  • Dallas Manufacturing Company minute book, 1890-1907.

    This minute book documents the activities of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Manufacturing Company in Huntsville, Alabama. The book includes meeting minutes, company correspondence, list of contracts with suppliers, information about company stock and production, lists of subscribers, and statements of profits and operating expenses.

    Notably, the minute book also includes a February 1893 letter from Oscar Goldsmith noting that "The Huntsville Land Company have built 50 double Houses for the Employees of Dallas M'f'g. Company. And as per request of Mr. Dallas will build 25 more houses for the same purpose." Goldsmith's letter is accompanied by a plat map that indicates the location of the houses. Streets shown include Pettigrew Avenue, Mellette Avenue, Halsey Avenue, Rison Avenue, Stevens Avenue, Humes Avenue, O'Shaughnessy Avenue, McCullough Avenue, Dallas Avenue, and cross streets.
  • Dallas Manufacturing Company's Cotton Mills

    Front: Dallas Mfg. Co's Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
  • Dallas Mill auction pamphlet, 1949

    This is a 1949 auction pamphlet for the Dallas Mill, equipment, and village houses. Dallas Mills closed in 1949 after labor strikes and financial hardship made it impossible to continue production. Mill villagers were given the opportunity to buy their homes at a reasonable price. The homes that were not bought were auctioned off as mill property.
  • Dallas Mill Burning

    Dallas Mill was set on fire on July 24, 1991 by a serial arsonist. This is an image of the burning, with people in Huntsville watching in the middle of the night.
  • 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.
  • Dallas Mill Village today, taken 19 March 2025

    This is a photo of Stevens Avenue in Dallas Mill Village Historic District.
  • Dallas Mills

    Front: Dallas Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
  • Dallas Mills employee transactions, April 5, 1900.

    This is an image of page 414 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer accounts ledger 1, 1897-1904. One customer was noted as being from Dallas Mills Ala. and each of the following transactions are assigned the same customer account number as this Dallas Mills Ala. customer's account. This page is not in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Each of the customers that were assigned account number 115 bought Queensware items and paid by note. Customers on this page include: Peter Lumbardo, J.F. Weeks, Youngblood, S.L. Hall, T.L. Wilson, D.W. Smith, Ella Price, Ada Reynolds, Mrs. M.V. Taylor, W.E. Foxx, and Wooly + Jordan.
  • Dallas Mills Sheet

    a sheet made by Lawrence Hillis’ grandmother, Hattie Dunham Warren. Warren accumulated approximately 20 sheets from 1918 to 1924 while she worked at the mill. The sheets would be sewn together to fit a bed, and after work Warren added red scalloped stitching for a personal touch.
  • Dallas Mills, Notes, Paper, Advertisements, nd Newsletter [mostly undated], 1900

    Business, Tours and Industry - Folder 4 is oversized, see separation sheet.

Proudly powered by Omeka.