Back: First National Bank Building, Huntsville, Alabama This building has been a landmark for over a century. The very same hold-up-proof cashier's cages of today were used as detention cells in 1835 where slaves were impounded for the debts of their masters.
Front: First National Bank, Huntsville, Ala. Back: The First National Bank building high on the Limestone bluff above Huntsville's historic Big Spring stands proud, essentially the same as it was in 1835 when constructed. It is a handsome reflection of the past in the center of a most ambitious urban redevelopment program, Huntsville's Central City Plan.
Back: GREETINGS FROM THE SPACE CAPITAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA This willow-lined lagoon in Big Spring Park reflects the new buildings in Huntsville's Municipal Center. On the left is the new Public Safety Building. They are linked by a covered walkway.
Back: GREETINGS FROM THE SPACE CAPITAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA This willow-lined lagoon in Big Spring Park reflects the new buildings in Huntsville's Municipal Center. On the left is the new Public Safety Building. They are linked by a covered walkway.
Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA A scene in Big Springs Park looking toward the new Madison County Courthouse, City Municipal Buildings ond the Bell Telephone Building.
Back: VIEW OF DOWNTOWN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Looking from Big Springs Park - Seen are the new buildings in the Municipal Center and the Madison County Court House.
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.
Back: STREET SCENE, Huntsville, Alabama, a cultural center of the Old South. Huntsville is a large retail trading center, the focal point of an industrial segment of 8 million persons in a 200 mile radius.