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Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1887 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: 1st Avenue at 9th Street 1887. End of the line. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1914 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Burning of the B .R .L. and P. building at the N.E. corner of the intersection of 21st street and 1st avenue about 1927, The Steiner Building (1890) with the tower of minaret is in the background. - William H. Brantley. While Mr. Brantley dated this image 1927, it is believed that this image is ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Five Points, looking North on 20th St. before the Medical Arts and other changes. Ice was still delivered by double mule teams and traffic was comfortable. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Birmingham Gun Club at the Fairgrounds (1913 - 1916?) ; Fifth from the right in the center is John Philip Sousa, the famous band leader. Others are O.L. Garl- front row, right end. Mrs Garl is sitting on Sousa's left. She was a fine trap shot. H.C. Ryding, later president of T.C.I. is second from... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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 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 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 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: 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