Aerial view of the Memphis & Charleston Train Depot, showing a steam excursion to Sheffield in the 1970's. Built in 1860, the Depot is one of the nation's oldest remaining railroad structures. It now functions as a railroad museum.
Photography -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Service Stations; Alabama--Huntsville; 20th century
Guy J Spencer President located at 120 Woodson St NW
According to Huntsville City Directory 1965 R.L. Poke Company. This tanker truck is parked in front of Alabama Oil Company
Photography -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Service Stations; Alabama--Huntsville; 20th century
Guy J Spencer Pres and Gen Mgr 120 Virginia Street Huntsville Alabama According to The Mullin-Kille and Times ConSurvey City Directory 1955 Edition. Alabama Oil was stablished in Huntsville in 1925.
Photography -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Service Stations; Alabama--Huntsville; 20th century
This building housed Huntsville's first self service station. It was opened by Dan Boone and was orginally a Citgo and was located across from Butler High School (now Stone Middle School).
Clopton, Annie Bradshaw, 1878-1956; Women artists--Alabama--Huntsville;
Annie Bradshaw Clopton, also known as the ""cobweb artist,"" revised a technique for painting with oils on cobwebs stretched over a frame. She was a teacher in the Huntsville school system from 1896 to 1944, and exhibited at the...
Photography; Landscapes and scenery; Transportation; Railroads; Alabama; Huntsville, Monte Sano; 19th century
This photo looks down over the “Button Hole”. From outside the curve, one may see how the roadbed doubles back through a reverse loop after spanning two trestles over the creek hollow.
Constructing a railroad up a mountain requires some...
Baggage wagons were used to pull alongside a train to load and unload passenger baggage. This wagon is parked in front of the Chase Depot, located three miles east of Huntsville, Alabama.
Band members who played at county fairs in Huntsville and Athens, AL in 1887. Band members from left to right are: C. F. Bost, Tube; Tom Weaver, Baritone; Chas Varin, Bass Drum; H. G. Poore, Tenor Trombone; Louis Dunnigan, Snare Drum; Chas Conkel,...