UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • img_00013.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, ALA. Huntsville Spring in Winter. Court House.
    Back: Private Mailing Card. Authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898.
  • img_00015.pdf

    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.
  • img_00019.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville
  • img_00023.pdf

    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.
  • img_00025.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00031.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. Spring Park., Government Bldg., Court House, Elks' Home & Opera House, Franklin St.
  • img_00037.pdf

    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.
  • img_00039.pdf

    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.
  • img_00041.pdf

    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.
  • img_00045.pdf

    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.
  • img_00049.pdf

    Front: Welcome to Huntsville. Missile and Space Capital.
    Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. Welcome to the "Outer Space Capitol, USA" - a progressive and friendly metropolis.
  • img_00053.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00055.pdf

    Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital. Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!!
  • img_00057.pdf

    Front: "De Lan' O' Cotton."
  • img_00063.pdf

    Front: "Picking Cotton. Huntsville, Ala."
  • img_00067.pdf

    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.
  • img_00069.pdf

    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.
  • img_00085.pdf

    Front: Soldiers Monument. Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00087.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00089.pdf

    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.
  • img_00091.pdf

    Front: Aerial View of Main Business Section, Huntsville, Alabama
  • img_00093.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00095.pdf

    Front: County Court House, Huntsville, Alabama.
  • img_00097.pdf

    Front: Deer in Court Square Park, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00099.pdf

    Front: Court House and Confederate Monument, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00101.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00103.pdf

    Front: County Court House. A good cotton day, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00105.pdf

    Front: Huntsville, Ala. Court House.
  • img_00107.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00109.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00111.pdf

    Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00113.pdf

    Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00115.pdf

    Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00117.pdf

    Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00119.pdf

    Front: Madison County Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00121.pdf

    Front: Madison County Court House and Confederate Monument, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00123.pdf

    Front: Court House, Huntsville, Ala.
  • img_00125.pdf

    Front: Courthouse, Huntsville, Alabama
    Back: COURTHOUSE. HUNTSVILLE, ALA. This building is a landmark and has been cited as being one of historic and architectural interest. It is beautifully maintained in lawns and flowers the year 'round.
  • img_00131.pdf

    Back: COURTHOUSE, Huntsville, Alabama. The building has been cited by the Historic American Buildings Survey Committee as "possessing exceptional historic or architectural interest and as being worthy of most careful preservation for the benefit of future generations." The lawns are beautifully maintained. At one time deer and peacocks were kept on the ground.
  • img_00133.pdf

    Back: Huntsville, Alabama. Madison County Courthouse.
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