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Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: “The largest privately-supported and fully-accredited co-educational institution in Alabama, Howard was founded at Marion, Ala., in 1841, moved to the East Lake section of Birmingham in 1887, and to its present 400-acre campus in Shades Valley in 1957. An institution of the Alabama Baptist State ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Back of postcard reads: "The largest privately-supported and fully-accredited co-educational institution in Alabama, Howard was founded at Marion, Ala., in 1841, moved to the East Lake section of Birmingham in 1887, and to its present 400-acre campus in Shades Valley in 1957. An institution of th... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: “Oaklawn Plantation – one of the most beautiful ante-bellum homes in Huntsville, Alabama – was built around 1844 and served as a hospital during the Spanish-American War. The late Max Luther transformed the 175 acre estate into a stock farm. He also maintained a very fine stable for his noted fiv... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Built in 1842, this Arlington home was once used by General J. H. Wilson as headquarters for the Federal Army in the spring of 1865. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: “The Governor’s Mansion, located at 1142 South Perry Street in Montgomery, Ala. is one of the Capitol City’s showplaces. The State acquired the property, which was built in 1900, from the Ligon Family in 1950. The gleaming white structure, of antebellum design, surrounded by spacious grounds and ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: “This view shows one of the beautiful bedrooms of Arlington Shrine which is furnished in antebellum period furnishings. Arlington was occupied by Gen. Wilson of the Union Army during the Civil War.” View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: “Located 16 miles above Wilson Dam, Wheeler Dam backs up the Tennessee River for 74 miles to Guntersville Dam, forming Wheeler Lake. The dam is 6,342’ in length and 72’ high. The cost when completed in 1936 was $46,000,000.” View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This view shows Wedding Cake Rock, one of the many beautiful natural rock formations to be seen in Citadel Rocks. De Soto Falls and Little River Canyon are nearby. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Confederate Monument at the north side of Alabama's historic Capitol was erected in 1899 in memory of the Confederate dead. Jefferson Davis, First President of the Confederacy who took his oath of office on the portico of the State Capitol at Montgomery, laid the cornerstone at ceremonies hel... View Full Item at Samford University Library