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Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This is the large bell in the First Presbyterian Church, Northeast Corner of Fourth Ave. and 21st Street North. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1915 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Notice Robert Jemison Jr. in upper row center with the sporty white vest and careless hat. On Photo, 'Placing first column Ridgely Apartments, Birmingham, Ala. May 5, 1915.' View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1890 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Rube Burrows in his coffin. This famous Alabama outlaw and train robber was being shipped back to Lamar County - his home. While here a public display was made of the corpse to a multitude of people and this photograph made about 1890. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Relic of Elyton, This building stood on the north side of Tuskaloosa Road (Ave.) across the street from the present (1957) Masonic Hall. It was built for a Tavern about 1890. Mr. Salter operated a store in the building. The front of the building is to the right and faces Tuskaloosa Ave. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1910 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Good Roads Tour, promoted by The Birmingham Ledger. This photograph, about 1910, with a motor caravan headed South for Montgomery. It is atop Red Mountain almost in the gap below Vulcan now. (1957). The man in front of the automobile is Dr. Dedman Atty. Charlie Rice front car and its driver Paul ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Lem Motlow's Birmingham Distillery. The name is now the property of Jack Daniel. The ruined silo looking building shows Motlow's Distillery in Birmingham or Pratt City as it then was. Chickens on the street car tracks were usual. The car line is a part of Tide Water View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Scythe. The scythe in the oak at the old Green House in Elyton. A legend is that a boy going to the Confederate Army placed it there to remain until he returned. He never came back. The tree was cut down to make place for the Elyton Housing project and the relic came down with it. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Horse and Buggy Days, photo of Sporty Outfit for rent to sports for the day who set the pace for Birmingham. On the photograph it says 'Damon-Lee Company, J. T. Dusenbery, President J. O. Dam? Manager, Livery Feed and Sale Stables, 1809, 1811, 1813 & 1815 Third Avenue Birmingham, Ala. Everyth... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1914 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Floral Replica, Jefferson County Savings Bank Bldg. Floral replica standing in the lobby and presented when the Bank opened for business in its new skyscraper Bldg. View Full Item at Samford University Library