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  • United_Charities_and_Dallas_Day_Nursery_Sept 19 1900_Democrat.jpeg

    This is an article featured in a Dallas News section of the Huntsville Weekly Democrat on September 19, 1900. According to the article, Dallas Mill had plans to establish a day nursery on the W.H. Moore property with the help of United Charity. United Charities was a group of women who lobbied the Huntsville city council to better the conditions in Huntsville's cotton mill villages. The day nursery was expected to solve the problem of child labor in the mill. Mrs. Anna B. Robertson and Mrs. Alberta C. Taylor visited the Dallas Mill in Nashville to research the day nursery there. Mrs. Robertson was to be the matron of the nursery. The article also announces a dormitory for homeless girls and a school to be built on the same W.H. Moore property.
  • HB_fire_dec_26_1901_thejournal.jpeg

    This news article from The Journal, Huntsville, Alabama's Black-owned newspaper, lists the cost of a fire on Commercial Row in December 1901. The article was published on December 26, 1901. The total cost of the fire was $33, 800.
  • Roberts_hsv_Chamber of Commerce_dec27_1900.png

    This is a page from the December 27, 1900, Art Industrial Edition of the Huntsville Post. This newspaper was used as a promotional material for the City of Huntsville. On this page, is an advertisement for the Heralds of Liberty, a progressive organization in Huntsville, and an article about the work of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce. The men photographed on the page are Oscar Goldsmith, Vice-President; T.W. Pratt, President; H.J. Lowenthal, Treasurer; and N.F. Thompson, Secretary.
  • Keeping Dollars_HB_Ad_hsvtimes_Dec18_1911.jpeg

    This is a Harrison Brothers Hardware advertisement posted in the Huntsville Times in December 1911. The advertisement title "Keeping the Dollars at Home" tells the story of a farmer who loses his money to a retail mail order house. The advertisement boasts Harrison Brother's low prices for hardware, stoves, ranges, implements, vehicles, and house furnishing goods without the freight charge.
  • Princess_Harrison_Bros_Advertisement_1911_hsvtimes.jpeg

    This is a 1911 Harrison Brothers Hardware store advertisement from The Huntsville Times. The store is advertising the Princess Steel Range and lists the reasons why one should buy a Princess.
  • Dallas Village Blueprint.png

    This blueprint of the Dallas Mill Village was created by Oscar Goldsmith, owner of the Huntsville Land Company and Treasurer of Dallas Manufacturing Company, to show the Dallas board of directors the expansion of the mill village. By February 20, 1893, the Huntsville Land Company had built 50 double houses for the employees of Dallas Mill and was contracted to build 25 more that year. The blocks highlighted in red are were homes were already built in February 1893 and the blocks in black are the planned construction sites.
  • Frances-Roberts-4A-Box19-Folder1-Obj1-001.pdf

    This booklet was likely created by the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce to promote the city of Huntsville at the beginning of the twentieth century. The descriptions of Huntsville present the city as progressive, beautiful, and actively growing in population and industry. Advertisements for local businesses are also promoted throughout the booklet. This booklet was distributed nationwide to attract more investment in the city of Huntsville.
  • hsvatdawn20century_1901_Roberts_4A_Box19_F1_O1.Jpeg

    This is the title page for a 1901 promotional booklet for the city of Huntsville and local businesses. The title of the booklet is "Huntsville at the Dawn of the 20th Century" and presents Huntsville as a progressive town with great business potential.
  • TombInscriptionRecreation.png

    Recreation of Katherine Parr's tomb inscription.
  • ParrTomb.jpeg

    The final resting place of Katherine Parr

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