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Photograph of Margaret, William Thomas, and Eleanor Hutchens.
On back: "Margaret, Billy, and Eleanor Hutchens, on a piano bench in the den, or library, of the Newman house on Locust." -
Copy photograph of James Robert Barclay, Sr.
On back: "James Robert Barclay Sr." -
Copy photograph of John W. Barclay.
On back: "Dr. John W. Barclay" -
Copy photograph of Bessie Lee Barclay Fuqua and Marjorie Lee Fuqua.
Notes on back indicate that Bessie was the daughter of James Robert Barclay Sr. and Elizabeth Ingram. "Marjorie Lee Fuqua b. Mar. 1, 1910 / picture c. 1912". Also notes "Highway 72 Blue Water Creek" -
Copy photograph of the Barclay family.
On back: "Mostly Barclays at the Newman house on Adams" -
Photograph of Ellen White Newman.
On back: "Ellen White Newman, 1872-1955" -
Photograph of Susie Withers Newman and Anna Margaret Newman.
Photograph of Susie Withers Newman (left) and Anna Margaret Newman (right). -
List of contents written on an envelope.
This envelope has its contents written on it. Some words are crossed out, others are blurred, and some are illegible due to the wear of the paper. -
List of companies of the Textile-Shares Corporation.
This is a list of companies in the Textile-Shares Corporation. It also includes textile bonds and the end. The back has a faded handwritten note. $10.00, July 25, 1939, and Madison , Alabama can be made out. -
Rent of J. S. Christian.
Handwritten calculations of six month rent from October 1, 1938 to April 1, 1939. -
Envelope of "old family papers."
This envelope has "old family papers" written on the front as well as multiple stamps. The back includes three stamps from Huntsville, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. -
Obituary for Mary Elizabeth Newman.
This newspaper clipping contains the obituary for Mary Elizabeth Newman, wife of Dr. Francis H. Newman and great-grandmother of Eleanor Hutchens. Includes the scan of the reverse side of the newspaper clipping. -
Letter and memorandum from the Railroad Officials report to R. R. Benedict.
This letter details a compromise regarding the railroad and buildings on the ground deeded to the railroad. The author states that this will not affect Benedict's purchase price. It also includes information regarding the Coxe Estate. The memo included from the Report of Railroad Officials further details the available lots and those that belong to the railroad and the Coxe Estate. -
"Papers relating to Richmond Steele Matters."
Written on Wheeler Construction Company (Vicksburg, Canton and Yazoo City Rail Road.) letterhead, this letter addressed to "Gentlemen" is badly burnt and difficult to discern the subject matter. It appears to have been signed by Crawden & Newman of Huntsville, Alabama. The back contains a handwritten note that reads, "Papers relating to Richmond Steele Matters." -
Unaddressed air mail envelope.
Pictured is an illustration of an airplane flying over the Tennesee Valley. Sponsored By The Huntsville Salesman's Club. Via Air Mail. L.G. Collier Postmaster Chamber of Commerce -
Receipt.
This receipt totalling $31.56 has no indication of its origin. -
Handwritten note.
A handwritten note that says: 1922 [sic] to T. T. Terry 96.00. -
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. -
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. -
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 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. -
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 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." -
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. -
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. -
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
Front: Greetings from Huntsville -
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, Ala.
Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. -
Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.
Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. Spring Park., Government Bldg., Court House, Elks' Home & Opera House, Franklin St. -
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. -
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 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. -
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. -
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. -
Greetings from Huntsville, Ala.
Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Ala. -
"Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!!"
Front: Greetings from Huntsville, Alabama, The Space Capital. Everything is O.K ?.. In outer space!! -
"De Lan' O' Cotton."
Front: "De Lan' O' Cotton." -
"Picking Cotton."
Front: "Picking Cotton. Huntsville, Ala." -
"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.