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Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1889 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Handwritten text by A. C. Oxford on the photograph: “Boat House showing portion of Lake View 1889.” Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Handwritten text by A. C. Oxford below the photograph: “East Lak just as the water was first being turned into the lake.” Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1872 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Dr. Gillespie was the first pharmacist in Birmingham. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1873 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Visible on the left is R. H. Roberts Hardware store, the first hardware store in Birmingham. Handwritten description at top of photograph states "2 Ave (West) in 1873 looking towards Elyton." On the left of the photograph is visible "R. H. Roberts Hardware" store. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1873 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Samuel Tarrant of Old Jonesboro, the first permanent pioneer settlement in Jones Valley (Birmingham Valley). Tarrant established the town's first mercantile. In 1862, Tarrant raised the Jonesboro Guards that mustered at Shelby Springs as Company H of the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He also se... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1873 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Ellen Tarrant of Old Jonesboro, the first permanent pioneer settlement in Jones Valley (Birmingham Valley). Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1871 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: William McKendree Byrd (1817-1874) was a lawyer, member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1851, and was an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1865 to 1868. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Photograph of Elodie Breck Todd (1840-1877) of Selma, Alabama, circa 1870s. Todd married Nathaniel H. R. Dawson in 1862. Todd was a half-sister to Mary Todd Lincoln. A handwritten inscription surrounding the portrait states "Mrs. Col Dawson. Sister of Mrs. Abe Lincoln". Photograph from A. C. Oxf... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1871 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Dr. John Massey served as president of Alabama Conference Female College (now Huntingdon College) in Tuskegee, Macon County, from 1896-1909. The college was relocated to Montgomery and renamed as the Woman's College of Alabama at the end of his tenure. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Mattie Foster (1846-1931) was the daughter of Dr. Robert and Juliet Foster of Perry County, Alabama. Her maternal uncle, Andrew B. Moore, was governor of Alabama when the State seceded. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library