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Eddie Stanky
Description:
Edward Raymond "Eddie" Stanky (1916-1999) stands beside the plaque out in front of Stanky Field on the campus of the University of South Alabama. Stanky, who played second base for several Major Leagu…
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1980
Keywords:
baseball players, baseball managers, baseball coaches, jaguars, college coaches, college baseball managers, USA, University of South Alabama, Stanky Field
Searcy Hospital
Description:
The exterior of Searcy Hospital, the mental health facility at Mt. Vernon, Alabama. The hospital opened in 1900 and closed in 2012.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1917
Keywords:
mental health, hospitals, insane asylums, architecture, mental hospitals, psychiatric facilities
Bankhead Tunnel
Description:
A cave-in during construction of the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama. The tunnel was named for John Hollis Bankhead, a U.S. Senator and grandfather of the actress Tallulah Bankhead. The tunnel was …
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1940
Keywords:
accidents, tunnels, construction, New Deal, Great Depression, equipment, machinery
Morning Joy Coffee
Description:
An advertisement for Morning Joy Coffee, trademarked in 1905 by the American Coffee Company of New Orleans.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
c. 1920
Keywords:
waterfront, driftwood, Morning Joy, advertisements, coffee
Chowder and Marching Club
Description:
Jack Edwards (far left) and Richard Nixon at a Chowder and Marching Club meeting, circa 1968. The Chowder and Marching Club was founded in 1949 by thirteen Republican freshmen congressmen, including …
Creator:
unknown
Date:
c. 1968
Keywords:
Jack Edwards, Richard Nixon, congressmen, House of Representatives, presidents of the United States, chefs, aprons, hats, suits, glasses
Crichton, Alabama
Description:
A street view of Springhill Avenue in Crichton in the late 1920s.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
c. 1929
Keywords:
street scenes, automobiles, cars, geography, environment, roads, streets
MAMGA Luncheon
Description:
A luncheon held by the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, the African American parading society of Mobile, Alabama. To the left and right of the speaker are Walter Beck LeFlore and Winfred A. Lucy, t…
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1975
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, luncheons, crowns, candles, tables podiums, decoration, Azalea Trail, King Elexis
Dauphin Island Beauty Pageant
Description:
A group looks on as two women are participating in a beauty pagents held at Dauphin Island, Alabama, arund 1950. Do you recognize these women? If so, please email mccalllib@usouthal.edu and let us kn…
Creator:
unknown
Date:
n.d.
Keywords:
women, beauty pageants, robes, capes, crowns, crowds, swimsuits, men
Photographer in His Darkroom
Description:
Michael Thomason, founder of and former director of The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library poses for the camera in The McCall Library's darkroom.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
c. 1980
Keywords:
photographers, darkrooms
