Neisner Brothers
Description:
Construction of the Neisner Brothers department store in Mobile, Alabama. This view shows the rear of the store, which was located at 24 South Royal Street.
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
1946
Keywords:
department stores, construction, barrels, pipes, equipment
Government 162
Description:
20th Century Business College.
Creator:
Julius E. Marx
Date:
1946
Keywords:
colleges, buildings, businesses, downtown, men, African American men, streetlamps, street lights, two-story buildings, signs, streets, roads, display windows
Weighing Cotton
Description:
Men weighing cotton bales in Atmore, Alabama.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
African Americans, cotton bales
Picking Cotton
Description:
An unknown woman and child picking cotton at a farm in Atmore, Alabama.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
African Americans, children, cotton picking
Albright, J. Roy
Description:
King Felix III for 1946, J. Roy Albright.
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
1946
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, recreation, leisure, costumes, revelers, crowns, trains, capes
Lyons, Alleta
Description:
J. Roy Albright's queen the year he was crown King Felix III was Alleta Lyons (Mrs. Frank Pope). Here they pose with their entire court. The woman standing to the right is Mabel Bedsole and her knight…
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, women, recreation, leisure, costumes, crowns, revelers, ladies-in-waiting, scepters, children, trains, capes, flowers
Order of Dragons
Description:
The Order of Dragons Mardi Gras ball, held inside the Battle House Hotel in 1946.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, costumes, masks, maskers, dancing, mystic societies, recreation, leisure, revelers, costumes, gowns
Grandview Park
Description:
Members of the Foreman's Club play a game of baseball at Grandview Park.
Creator:
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Date:
1946
