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Scene from a park in Italy.
This photograph may have been taken in Naples. -
W. H. Green Memorial Library, Oakwood College
Back: The W. H. Green Hall. Oakwood College, Huntsville, Ala., built in 1956 of brick colonial architectural design, contains the Behavioral Science and Religion Department. The book store is housed in the east wing. -
G. E. Peters Fine Arts Building, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. G. E. Peters Fine Arts Bdg. (1964) -
W. H. Green Memorial Library, Oakwood College
Front: Oakwood College
Back: OAKWOOD COLLEGE, Huntsville, Alabama, W. H. Green Memorial Library -
President's Home, Alabama A & M University
Front: Historic Huntsville
Back: HISTORIC HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, Alabama A & M College in the Fall. Built from the ruins of Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, it has a commanding view of the campus. (The Green Bottom Inn was noted for its famous race track, where Andrew Jackson raced his thoroughbred horses). -
Moran Hall, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Moran Hall, Administration Bdg. (1940) -
Domestic Science Building, Normal, Ala.
Front: Domestic Science Building, Normal, Ala. -
W. H. Green Memorial Library, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. W. H. Green Memorial Library (1953) -
Eva B. Dykes Library, Oakwood College
Back: The Eva B. Dykes Library, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, is named tor the first black woman to qualify for the Doctorate Degree and the first black woman to obtain the degree In English. This building contains reading space, classroom facilities, an audio visual classroom, the Archives and Archiveist office, and the museum, which houses artifacts and memorabilia pertaining to black Seventh-Day Adventlst history. -
East Hall, Oakwood College
Back: The East Hall, Oakwood College. Huntsville, Ala., built in 1910, houses the Development and Public Relations Office, the office of the church pastor, the Health Services and the Quin-C Center. This is the oldest building on the Oakwood College Campus. -
W. J. Blake Memorial Center, Oakwood College
Back: The W. J. Blake Memorial Center, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Ala., built in 1969, contains offices for the United Student Movement and the Student Development. On the ground level there is a Student Recreation Center. The upper level houses the cafeteria, administrative offices and Student and Faculty lounges. -
Oakwood College Summer Scene
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Summer Scene on O. C. campus. -
Anna Knight Elementary School, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. Cunningham Hall, Women's Dormitory (1947) -
Cunningham Hall, Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. The Anna Knight Elementary School (1960) -
F. L. Peterson Hall, Oakwood College
Front: Oakwood College
Back: Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama. F. L. Peterson Hall -
President's Home, Oakwook College
Back: Oakwood College. Huntsville, Alabama. President's Home (1944) -
Oakwood Junior College Campus
Front: View of Oakwood Junior College Campus, Huntsville, Alabama. -
William H. Councill Hall
Front: "WILLIAM H. COUNCILL HALL". GIRLS DORMITORY. ALABAMA STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL INSTITUTE. NORMAL ALABAMA -
Palmer Hall
Front: PALMER HALL - FRESHMAN DORMITORY - GIRLS. ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. NORMAL ALABAMA -
Morton Hall
Back: MORTON HALL, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA -
Alabama A & M College
Front: Historic Huntsville
Back: Historic Huntsville, Alabama. ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE.
On this campus site once stood the Green Bottom Inn, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, noted for its race track. GRAY GANDER, once rated the world's fastest horse and winner of a $20,000 purse (not a small amount in the 1800's), raced and worked out here. Many notables, including President James Monroe, President James K. Polk and Andrew Jackson, gathered here for rest and diversion. -
ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE
Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
Bibb Graves Hall in center and on the right is the Student Union Building (College Center). -
ALABAMA A & M Science Building
Front: Alabama A & M
Back: ALABAMA A & M, Normal, Alabama
Science Building in foreground - also showing Bibb Graves Hall, Student Center, Library, Cafeteria and Women's Dormitory. -
Alabama A & M College
Back: ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
A partial view of the campus in the Fall. Organized in 1875 as the Huntsville Normal and Industrial School by William Hooper Councill, with 2 teachers and 61 pupils, it is now nationally recognized. -
Green Bottom Inn
Front: Historic Huntsville
Back: Historic Huntsville, Alabama. ALABAMA A & M COLLEGE.
GREEN BOTTOM INN, one of Huntsville's earliest hostelries, was located on Meridian Pike on site now occupied by Alabama A & M. Built in 1815 by John Connelly, the inn attained widespread fame for its adjoining race track, over which many of the outstanding race horses of the period competed. Gen. Andrew Jackson, an avid follower of the sport, often stopped here to race his horses and fight his cocks. For many years the table where he dined was preserved. -
Carnegie Library at Alabama A & M College
Back: ALABAMA A&M COLLEGE, Normal, Alabama
Carnegie Library is a two-story brick structure of colonial design. It has a capacity of 50,000 volumes and seating space for 236. The building contains two reading rooms, a reference room, a seminar room, reference and general stacks, and an office for the staff of the library. -
"The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes"
Front: The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, Huntsville, Ala. -
Mississippi Test Facility
Back: MISSISSIPPI TEST FACILITY, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, HANCOCK COUNTY
This 200-foot-tall rocket test tower is one of three units and this particular stand is for static firing the S-ll (second stage) of the giant Saturn V. MTF is a division of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. -
Guided Missile Test Tower with Redstone Missile
Back: GUIDED MISSILE TEST TOWER WITH REDSTONE MISSILE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U. S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000. towers 145 feet high-as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with walls 48 inches thick. Static testing of a missile consists in locking the missile into place on the stand and firing it. The missile does not "take off", but as it strains against the mighty grip of the great tower its roaring engine can be studied for performance characteristics as it it were actually in flight. -
Missile Strategy Computer
Back: Missile Strategy Computer is one of the many audience participation exhibits at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. Visitors may match their skills with this highly animated exhibit highlighting the various applications of missile defense systems. The Alabama Space and Rocket Center, America's largest missile and space exhibit is located west of Huntsville, Alabama on Highway 20. -
Space Orientation Center
Back: SPACE ORIENTATION CENTER, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama
Unique, historically significant exhibits vividly portray the development of rocketry and space travel in the free-world missile production center. -
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Front: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
The AIabama Space and Rocket Center contains the world's largest collection of missiles, rockets, and space vehicles. A full scale Apollo Saturn V moon rocket it exhibited in a horizontal position and it one of the featured attractions on the 35-acre complex. The exhibition Center it owned and operated by the State of Alabama and is opened every day. Located west of downtown Huntsville on Alabama Highway 20. -
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
Earth's Largest Space Exhibit, Tranquility Base, Huntsville. Alabama 35807.
The Alabama Space and Rocket Center is the largest missile and space eihibit in the world. It was dedicated by the citizens of Alabama to those Americans who made it possible for man to walk on the moon and to explore the universe; and to the youth of America who will utilize space technology for the benefit of mankind. -
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Huntsville. Ala.
The Earth's Largest Space Museum offers an unrivaled display of American rocketry. The Spacedome theater and a tour of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center complete a day of family fun and education. The center Is home of the United States Space Camp. -
Scale Model of Apollo Saturn V
Back: ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama.
Scale model of the Apollo/Saturn V moon rocket on exhibit at the World's Largest space exhibit. -
Enterprise Passing a Saturn 1B
Back: The Old and the New, Enterprise passing a Saturn 1B. -
Preparations for Unloading Enterprise from 747 Carrier.
Back: Preparations for unloading Enterprise from 747 Carrier. -
Space Shuttle Enterprise Lands at Redstone Arsenal Airfield March 13
Back: Space Shuttle Enterprise lands at Redstone Arsenal Airfield March 13, 1978. -
Enterprise's Home for 1978
Back: Enterprise's home for 1978.