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Third Courthouse

Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.

Third Courthouse

Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.

Third Courthouse

Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.

Courthouse and Confederate Monument

Front: Huntsville, Ala. Court House.

A Good Cotton Day

Front: County Court House. A good cotton day, Huntsville, Ala.

Courthouse and Confederate Monument

Front: Court House and Confederate Monument, Huntsville, Ala.

Deer in Court Square Park

Front: Deer in Court Square Park, Huntsville, Ala.

Second Courthouse

Front: County Court House, Huntsville, Alabama.

Aerial View of Main Business Section

Front: Aerial View of Main Business Section, Huntsville, Alabama

Aerial View of Huntsville, Alabama

Back: AERIAL VIEW OF HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA "Where America's Race to the Moon Began"
This scene shows a part of Big Springs Park, the City Hall, Madison County Courthouse, State National Bank Building and other fine edifices in downtown.

Second Courthouse

Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.

Soldiers Monument

Front: Soldiers Monument. Huntsville, Ala.

"Greetings from Outer Space - Huntsville, Ala."

Front: Greetings from Outer Space, Huntsville, Ala.
Back: JUPITER-C
left: U.S. Army JUPITER-C Missile. This rocket, developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala., was used to launch the free world's first scientific earth satellite, the EXPLORER.
Right: U.S. Army JUPITER Missile. The JUPITER Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile is being developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala. It is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to a distance of 1500 nautical miles.

"Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. The Rocket City"

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. The Rocket City.
Back: Huntsville, Ala., "The Rocket City"
Huntsville has earned the title "Rocket City" since the Army located most of its missile and rocket men at Redstone Arsenal.

"Picking Cotton."

Front: "Picking Cotton. Huntsville, Ala."

"De Lan' O' Cotton."

Front: "De Lan' O' Cotton."

"Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!!"

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital. Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!!

Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Welcome to Huntsville. Missile and Space Capital.

Front: Welcome to Huntsville. Missile and Space Capital.
Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. Welcome to the "Outer Space Capitol, USA" - a progressive and friendly metropolis.

Space Capital of the Universe

Front: Welcome! Space Capital of the Universe, Huntsville, Alabama.
Back: WELCOME TO HUNTSVILLE! Huntsville, Ala. is the home of Redstone Arsenal, where the Army Ballistic Missile Agency is located. Also the Army Ordnance Guided Missile School.

Greetings From Rocket City

Front: Greetings From Rocket City - Huntsville, Alabama, Home of the Redstone Arsenal
Back: Huntsville is home of Redstone Arsenal, the Army Ordance research and development center for rockets and guided missiles. Here has centered the development of such famous rockets and guided missiles as the Nike-Ajax, Nike-Hercules, Corporal, Sergeant, Hawk, Dart, Little John, Honest John, Lacrosse, Hermes, Redstone, Jupiter and Jupiter C, which launched America's first earth satellite.

Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital

Front: Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital
Back: HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA, "The Space Capital Of The Universe"
Shown Here Are The Former Madison County Courthouse, Big Springs, Oaklawn Home, Redstone Missile, The Saturn #1 Space Vehicle.

Greetings From Rocket City

Front: Greetings From Rocket City - Huntsville, Alabama, Home of the Redstone Arsenal
Back: Huntsville is the home of Redstone Arsenal which houses the U. S. Army Missile Command with responsibility for all Army Missiles and Rockets, the U. S. Army Ordnance Guided Missile School where soldiers receive missile training and the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center of NASA which provides the giant rocket vehicles for the nation's space program.

Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. Spring Park., Government Bldg., Court House, Elks' Home & Opera House, Franklin St.

Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Colonial Homes, Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Colonial Homes, Huntsville, Ala.
Back: Few parts of the South equal Huntsville in wealth of handsome ante-bellum Homes. Posterity may view with profitable concern
No. 1, the residence first Secretary of the States of the Confederacy, who issued order to fire on Fort Sumter in 1861, first shot ot the Civil War. This edifice was built in 1815.
No. 2, the home of the first Governor of Alabama, built in 1837.
No. 3, the palatial home ot a wealthy planter of the Old South, built in 1835.

Greetings from Huntsville

Front: Greetings from Huntsville

Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, ALA. Huntsville, U. S. Court House & Post Office, Hotel Monte Sano and Grounds.
Back: Private Mailing Card. Authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898.

Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.

Front: Greetings from Huntsville, ALA. Huntsville Spring in Winter. Court House.
Back: Private Mailing Card. Authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898.

Letter to A. L. Rison.

This letter includes responses to Rison's wire and the return wire. It also includes information on cotton buyers and local weather conditions. The sender did not sign the letter, but it is most likely Oscar Goldsmith.

Letter from Ed addressed "Dear folks".

This letter is probably to Oscar Goldsmith and his wife, or whoever maintained correspondence with Ed while Oscar was sick. Ed expresses his apologies for Oscar's condition and states that it was "ideal Spring days" in Chattanooga. After closing the letter, Ed writes on the back: "Please pay the enclosed insurance premium also as I am afraid to pay it and run short of cash."

Personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his niece Jeannette.

Jeannette thanks her uncle, Oscar Goldsmith, for letting them stay with them and getting to know the family. She details the difficult travels home and her plans to visit her father's family in Marietta.

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo.

This personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo, mentions the health of Mo and his hopes to be better soon. He writes that he has requested a meeting for the case of the Huntsville Land Co. with Mr. Plant. Mo closes be informing Oscar that Addie (his wife) is not well.

The death and burial of Henry Goldsmith.

This handwritten note provides information on the death and burial place of Henry Goldsmith, Oscar's older brother, who was born in 1840. The note reads: "Henry Goldsmith - was a member of Co D - 4 [sic] Infantry - died in Huntsville Ala. Jany 6/17, was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery Marker No. 295 was placed on his grave - He was a member of Egbert J. Jones Camp.

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo.

This letter details Oscar's cousin Mo's deepest sympathies for the loss of Betty, Oscar's wife, who died on November 30, 1928. Oscar would live another 9 years.

Letters to Ike Schiffman from Bea.

Three letters from Bea to Ike Schiffman. Written on Stromberg, Kraus & Co. letterhead from Louisville, Kentucky. The letters detail business struggles had by Bea and responses to various business suggestions Schiffman offered. Bea also requests futher advice regarding the business. Strombery, Kraus & Co. are manufacturers of trunks and traveling bags. The first letter ends with Bea disclosing that his wife is sick. The second letter mentions bank failures and worries throughout the banking industry and other businesses. A financial panic started in 1893, resulting in a depression that would last through 1898. These letters reflect these fears as they are written at the start of the panic.

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