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Washington Street at Night, Looking North

Front: Huntsville, Ala.
Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, WASHINGTON STREET AT NIGHT
Huntsville was the scene of these "firsts" in Alabama:
1811 - first town incorporated
1812 - first Masonic Lodge chartered
1816 - first bank incorporated
1819 - first state constitution drafted
1819 - first governor inaugurated
1819 - first session of state legislature held
1824 - first cotton mill erected
1965 - first in "Outer Space, U.S.A."

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From the postcard collection of George and Peg Heeschen, The Southpaw, Huntsville, Alabama

This collection is digital only.

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