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- Y-Plans at Huntsville Depot
- Railroads--Track--Drawings; Railroads--Alabama--Memphis & Charleston Railroad (Huntsville, Ala.); Railroads--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.);
- Plans for a proposed connection at the Huntsville Depot between the Memphis & Charleston Railroad and the Monte Sano Railway. The ""Y"" configuration of the track was engineered for three-point turns, to allow locomotives to...
- Huntsville Photographs
- Workers Removing Rock
- Workers take a well-deserved break one afternoon at the large rock cut found just up above the Button Hole. Driving out along today’s Bankhead Parkway, the Huntsville Land Trust has a recreational area with parking available located about ½ way...
- Monte Sano Railway – The Dummy Line
- Workers on strike
- Factories--Alabama--Huntsville Manufacturing Company; Strikes and lockouts--Huntsville Manufacturing Company;
- Workers on strike at the Huntsville Manufacturing Company. This photo was shot on April 30, 1951 between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
- Huntsville Photographs
- Workers including Children
- As the roadbed continued up across the large trestle found at the Button Hole, a long curve was discovered as the tracks proceeded to be built through the largest rock cut. Next came a second smaller wooden open-deck pile trestle located upstream...
- Monte Sano Railway – The Dummy Line
- Woodcut of the ""Buttonhole"" Train
- Railroad companies--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); Railroad bridges--Alabama--Buttonhole Bridge (Huntsville, Ala.);
- This is a woodcut image of the ""Buttonhole"" train, which earned the nickname because of the sharp turn it took on O'Brien's ""Buttonhole"" Bridge. The Monte Sano Railway was completed in 1889 but only...
- Huntsville Photographs
- Wisconsin 1st Brigade Band
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Bands; 1St Brigade Band (Wisconsin);
- Union Army band of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps. The band members were from Brodhead, Wisconsin and arrived in Huntsville in May of 1864. The photograph was taken on Franklin Street.
- Huntsville Photographs
- Winston Street Elementary 1978
- Huntsville Photographs
- William Hooper Councill
- Councill, William H., 1848-1909; African American universities and colleges--Alabama--Alabama A&M;
- Portrait of William Hooper Councill. Born in North Carolina in 1848, William H. Councill was brought to Alabama by slave traders in 1857. Largely self-taught, he was instrumental in the establishment of Alabama A&M University and served as...
- Huntsville Photographs
- William H. Echols
- Echols, William H., 1834-1909;
- William H. Echols was born in Huntsville, Alabama and graduated from West Point in 1854. He was an engineer in the U.S. Army. In 1861 he entered the Engineering Corps of the Confederate States Army with the rank of captain, and was promoted to...
- Huntsville Photographs
- Whitesburg Drive-In Theater
- Drive-in theaters--Alabama--Huntsville; Whitesburg Drive-In Theater--(Huntsville, Ala.);
- The Whitesburg Drive-In Theater was located on Highway 231 South. Built in 1949 and closed in 1979, it was Huntsville's first drive-in theater.
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Side Square (Cotton Row)
- Hearn, Glenn, 1914-1978; Mayors--Election--Huntsville, Alabama--1964; Cities and towns--Alabama--Huntsville;
- West Side Square (Cotton Row) in the summer of 1964 before being razed. Glenn Hearn won the election and was mayor from 1964-1968. The bank still looks the same today.
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Huntsville School, Huntsville, Ala.
- Schools-Alabama-Huntsville; West Huntsville School (Huntsville, Ala.);
- The old West Huntsville School, located on Ninth Avenue, was a mill school built for the benefit of textile workers. In 1916, money was collected to build the school. Miss Virginia McCormick, founder of McCormick Y.M.C.A., contributed $29,500;...
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Huntsville Junior High School 1952
- Photography – Buildings, structures, etc. – Alabama – Education; schools; 20th century; African American
- Knock! And it Shall Be Opened - The Rosenwald Schools of Madison County
- West Holmes Ave. 1971
- Streets--Alabama--Holmes Ave. (Huntsville, Ala.);
- West Holmes Ave., one block west of Jefferson St.
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Clinton New building again
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Clinton New building
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Clinton Grammar School Aerial
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Clinton formerly
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Clinton East Clinton St Marys Safety Patrol
- Huntsville Photographs
- West Clinton built 1916
- Huntsville Photographs