Tag: Heritage
A Hoot and a Half
There are a couple truths about owls that you may find surprising. First, you might not know that they’re ruthless...
Line of Scrimmage
Young friends take a break from their tackling and punting.   ORIGINAL PHOTO FROM THE DOY LEALE MCCALL RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, USA ARCHIVES  • COLORIZATION BY DYNAMICHROME LIMITED   ...
Empire Theatre, 1940
Mobile movies on Lower Dauphin  ORIGINAL PHOTO FROM THE DOY LEALE MCCALL RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, USA ARCHIVES  • COLORIZATION BY DYNAMICHROME LIMITED   The Beaux-Arts-informed Empire Theatre...
Hurricane Season
Every so often, Mother Nature likes to throw a buzz saw up the Gulf of Mexico — a sort of not-so-friendly reminder of who’s really in charge. In...
These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War
  The war became much more immediate on Dec. 9 , when what were likely Alabama’s first shots in anger rumbled over Mobile Bay. A young Confederate...
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A revitalization effort is underway for the Mothers’ Army and Navy League Memorial at the intersection of Government Street and Airport Boulevard. The National Society of Colonial Dames in...
UMS Band, 1905
The young faces of the military school band are given new life.  ORIGINAL PHOTO FROM THE DOY LEALE MCCALL RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, USA ARCHIVES  • COLORIZATION BY DYNAMICHROME LIMITED   ...
The Point Clear Library
ABOVE Established in 1920, the diminutive Point Clear Library was born out of a reading circle run by a Mrs....
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The small red house at 3703 Old Shell Road was reportedly built by George Pfau in 1862. Where else but in Mobile would a German immigrant build a French...
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, 1937
Three fishermen display their catch at the famous tournament. ORIGINAL PHOTO FROM THE DOY LEALE MCCALL RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, USA ARCHIVES  • COLORIZATION BY DYNAMICHROME LIMITED   ...