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Oaklawn Plantation
Front: Oaklawn Plantation, Huntsville, Alabama
Back: OAKLAWN PLANTATION, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
This is but one of many outstanding Ante-Bellum homes in the area. Its present owner, Mr. Max Luther, has modernized the building without losing any of its gracious beauty, surrounded by almost 200 acres which is now being operated as a stock farm. -
Oaklawn Plantation
Back: OAKLAWN PLANTATION - one of the most beautiful ante-bellum homes in Huntsville, Alabama - was built around 1844 and served as a hospital during the Spanish-American War. The late Max Luther transformed the 175 acre estate into a stock farm. He also maintained a very fine stable for his noted five- and three-gaited saddle horses. -
Rolling Cotton Down the Bluff
Front: Rolling Cotton Down the Bluff, Huntsville, Alabama
Back: ROLLING COTTON DOWN THE BLUFF. This picture shows the negroes rolling the cotton down the bluff to be loaded on the waitiug steamer. The average bale weighs 500 pounds. One hundred years ago it would have taken a person working night and day two years to separate the seed from the cotton in one bale; to-day a battery ginnery has a capacity of 155 hundred pound bales in twelve hours. -
Pope-Spragins Home
Back: Pope-Scragins [sic] Home, Huntsville, Ala.
This home was built in 1815 by Col. Leroy Pope, "The Father of Huntsville", and overlooks a hill. Later it became the home of Leroy Pope Walker, who as Secretary of War for the CSA, gave the order to fire on Fort Sumter, which began the War Between the States. -
Sugg Home
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East Clinton Street
Front: East Clinton St., Huntsville, Ala. -
East Holmes Street
Front: East Holmes Street, Huntsville, Ala. -
Randolph Street
Front: Randolph St., Huntsville, Ala. -
Franklin Street
Front: Franklin St., Huntsville, Ala. -
The Bradley Home at Merrimack and The Burns Home
Front: The Bradley Home at Merrimack - Huntsville, Ala. - The Burns Home. -
Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
Front: Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
Bradley Home
Front: Bradley Home, Huntsville, Ala. -
The Bradley Home at Merrimack and The Burns Home
Front: The Bradley Home at Merrimack - The Burns Home - Huntsville, Ala. -
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Front: Merrimack Mfg. Co., A Model Cotton Mill and Village, Huntsville, Ala. -
The Merrimack Mills
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Carding Room, Merrimack Mills
Front: Carding Room, Merrimack Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
Back: Carding Room, Merrimack Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
Spinning Room, Merrimack Mills
Front: Spinning Room, Merrimack Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
Back: Spinning Room, Merrimack Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
The Merrimack Mills
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Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Front: Merrimack Mfg. Co. 100,000 Spindles Huntsville, Ala.
Chas. L. Lovering, Treas., Boston Jos. J. Bradley, Ast. F. Gordon Cobb, Supt. -
Dallas Mills
Front: Dallas Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
Library at Dallas Mills
Front: Library at Dallas Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
Dallas Manufacturing Company's Cotton Mills
Front: Dallas Mfg. Co's Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
The Dallas Mills
Front: The Dallas Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
Dallas Cotton Mills
Front: Dallas Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala.
Back: Dallas Cotton Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
The Dallas Mills
Front: The Dallas Mills, Huntsville, Ala. -
Parkway Shopping Center
Back: PARKWAY SHOPPING CENTER, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
One of the South's most modern shopping conveniences, featuring 35 stores and parking for 2,200 cars. Seen prominently in this picture is the G. C. Murphy Store, one of the newest and largest in the South. Also seen is H & H Walgreen, a completely modern self-service drug store. -
Huntsville Mfg. Co.
Front: Huntsville Mfg. Co., Huntsville, Alabama. One of the South's Largest Textile Mills. -
The Wernher von Braun Civic Center
Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, The Wernher von Braun Civic Center. -
Clement Clay Bridge
Back: CLEMENT CLAY BRIDGE located twelve miles south of Huntsville, Alabama. Across the Tennessee River. It is the scene of old Ditto landing where material was unloaded for many ante-bellum homes. -
Wildcat Still Atop Green Mountain
Back: NATURE TRAIL, Atop Green Mountain Near Huntsville, Alabama
Tourists find this Wildcat Still interesting and informative. A.B.C. supervised construction, complete and typical of many Family Factories operating locally. Tourism rates Alabama's third largest industry. Top two are probably Bootlegging and Federally cosponsored Urban Renewal (Downtown Demolition), depending on local election results. -
Clement Clay Bridge
Back: CLEMENT CLAY BRIDGE. This bridge across the Tennessee River is located 12 miles south of Huntsville, Alabama, on route 231. -
Spectacular View From Monte Sano State Park
Back: A spectacular view from Monte Sano State Park near Huntsville, Alabama. -
Huntsville-Madison County Jetport
Back: HUNTSVILLE-MADISON COUNTY JETPORT (Carl Jones Field)
Located approximately 15 miles from Huntsville, Ala. on Highway 20, the Jetport and Skycenter are totally new airport concepts. This complex includes airport, terminal, hotel, office center, restaurants, golf course, shops and 1,200 acres of prime industrial land. -
Monte Sano View of Huntsville
Back: Huntsville, Alabama. In this picture (taken from Monte Sano) you can almost see the new housing developments springing up. -
Fields of Water Cress
Front: Fields of Water Cress, Huntsville, Alabama, "Water Cress Capitol of the World"
Back: FIELDS OF WATER CRESS, HUNTSVILLE, ALA. "Water Cress Capitol of the World." This view repeated many times in Madison County - a county of many fine springs of clear, cool water necessary in growing the best water cress. -
Scene on Flint River
Front: Scene on Flint River, Huntsville, Ala. -
The Three Forks of Flint River
Front: The Three Forks of Flint River, near Huntsville, Ala. -
A Fall Scene on the Road to Monte Sano
Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, "Outer Space Capital, USA"
A Fall scene along the road to the top of Monte Sano. The State Park is well-known for the fine horses and horseback riding trails. -
The Huntsville Public Library
Back: The Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville, Alabama -
Skycenter
Back: Skycenter, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, (205) 741-2300
A CITY WITHIN ITSELF! Luxury Hotel, Exciting Dining, 18 Hole Golf Course, Office Services, Shops, Cap & Goggles Lounge, Entertainment.