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Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1890 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: 21st Street - 1890, Camera facing north. Lower to right center is an old court house at 3rd Avenue and 21st Street. This photo shows the Jefferson County bank building at the time it was a three story building. It is just to the left of the white telephone pole which is on the right side of the ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Date: 1935 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Last circus parade in Birmingham, Hagenbeck and Wallace, in early 1930's (about 1935). Camera facing South on 20th Street and placed on top of a street car, so as to look over the crowd. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Hunt, Oscar Virgil Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: 19th Street looking north. Camera was on 19th between 1st and 2nd Avenue. Florence Hotel is on the left. Across from Florence was Peerless Saloon. A famous saloon. Further to the left is the old First Methodist Church on the S.W. corner of 4th Avenue and 19th Street. This is also where the Hillma... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Photograph of street scene in the Birmingham neighborhood of East Lake. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Photograph of street scene in the Birmingham neighborhood of East Lake. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Photograph of street scene in the Birmingham neighborhood of East Lake. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1818-1827 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: "Minutes of the [Tuscaloosa] County Court and Commissioners concerning laying out, alteration, maintenance, damages, etc. [for] all roads, ferries, and bridges in the County. Numerous references to frontier places and early settlers. Important early historical reference material." - William H. Br... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1916 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> A. C. Oxford (1835-1925) was an Alabama-based photographer during the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, Oxford took some of the earliest photographs of Birmingham. Having served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, Oxford remained active in Con... 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: 1871 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Photograph of Oxford, Alabama in 1871. Along the sides of the photograph are business buildings, one being the "Clardy House" on the left. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library