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Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Grand Hotel is located on beautiful Mobile Bay at Historical Point Clear, 22 miles from Mobile through the new Bankhead Tunnel. Its spacious grounds and beaches are always beautiful. The Hotel has 90 outside rooms all with bath and cross ventilation thus assuring the guests the utmost in comf... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The postmark date on the back of the postcard is 1940. "The central portion of the building was built in 1850, the south wing in 1907, and the north wing in 1911. In this building the Confederate Government was organized in 1861. Montgomery was the capital until 1862 when it was moved to Richmond... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The central portion of the building was built in 1850, the South Wing in 1907, and the North Wing in 1911. In this building the Confederate Government was organized in 1861. Montgomery was the Capital until 18862 when it was moved to Richmond, Virginia. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Alabama State Docks. A view of one of the large slips of the new docks system which was constructed at the Port of Mobile by the State of Alabama at a cost of $10,000.00. This slip is 1,500 feet deep and 350 feet wide. Five steamers can be berthed on either side of the slip. Steamers shown on the... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Located on the Capitol grounds in Montgomery, the First White House of the Confederacy is one of Alabama's most cherished shrines. President Jefferson Davis occupied the house until the government was shifted to Richmond, and many relics are still on display in the house. The shrine is open daily... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Vestavia is the country home of the late Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,400 feet, 6 miles from Birmingham, Ala. The home is a replica of celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome destroyed in the fifth century. Dimensions of building 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The lovely lagoon is visible from many of the guest rooms at this Mobile Bay resort. The Hotel also has one of the South's finest golf courses - only a few hundred yards from the hotel proper - as well as excellent tennis courts and salt and fresh water bathing. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Granite Cross erected by the Colonial Dames of Alabama, bears the inscription: 'To Jean Baptiste la Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Native of Montreal, Canada, Naval Officer of France, Governor of Louisiana and founder of its first capitol, Mobile, 1711.' View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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