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Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The postmark date on the back of the postcard is 1909. 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: “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 was the first T. V. A. Dam and was begun in 1918 as a Government project to produce military explosives. The T. V. A. has developed the Tennessee River for power, flood control, and navigation with a series of dams and locks giving a 9' navigable depth for 630 miles from Paducah, Ky. to Knox... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Left scene: "The Heart of the Business District, Birmingham, Ala., 1913." Middle scenes: "From Ore to Finished Steel Rails, Birmingham, Ala."; "Mining Ore"; "A Battery of Blast Furnaces"; and "Loading Steel Rails." On the back are statistics illustrating "Birmingham's Record of Steady, Substantia... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Huge seagoing ships load and discharge passengers and cargo at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile, Alabama. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This building is considered one of the most beautiful utility buildings in the world. All the material used in its construction was produced within sixty miles of Birmingham. The postmark date on the back of the postcard is 1946. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: A portion of a postcard souvenir packet featuring images from around Birmingham, Alabama. The following are included: 1) "19th Street Looking North from 1st Avenue"; 2) "Science Hall, Birmingham Southern College"; 3) "Corner 5th Avenue and 20th Street"; 4) "Twentieth Street, Looking South from Y.... View Full Item at Samford University Library