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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 -
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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 -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The postmark date on the back of the postcard is 1920. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Vulcan, The Iron Man, weighing 60 tons, is the largest cast-iron statue in the world, and, with the exception of the statue of Liberty, the highest statue in America. It was made to represent Birmingham at the St. Louis exposition in 1904, and was recently moved to its present location. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The Bellingrath Gardens are located on Picturesque Isle-Aux-Oies-River, about 17 miles from Mobile on U.S. Highway 90. The natural beauty of this estate is made more beautiful by the thousands of Azalea Shrubs, which burst into bloom the latter part of February. At the height of the flowering sea... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The postmark date on the back of the postcard is 1939. "The Bellingrath Gardens are located on Picturesque Isle-Aux-Oies-River, about 17 miles from Mobile on U.S. Highway 90. The natural beauty of this estate is made more beautiful by the thousands of Azalea Shrubs, which burst into bloom the lat... View Full Item at Samford University Library