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"Kearsarge and Alabama: Hauling Down the Flag"

Date: 1887
Description: "Kearsarge and Alabama: Hauling Down the Flag." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston.
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Battle of Mobile Bay

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Description: "Battle of Mobile Bay." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co., Boston.
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Ed Nixon

Date: 04 1962
Description: Civil rights leader Ed Nixon, and his wife, seated on the front porch of their home.
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Movement Leader Ezekiel Bell

Date: 04 1962
Description: Ezekiel Bell, his wife, and son Frederick posed outside his house. Bell was the chair of the Community Service Committee which was credited with the succe...
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Birmingham Movement Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, (in bow tie) and Rev. J.S. Phifer, congratulate each other after their release from jail. The two men had been imprisoned together...
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SCEF Conference

Date: 04 1962
Description: A voter registration panel at a SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) conference. Seated at the table are Hosea L. Williams, W.P. Mitchell of the Tus...
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SCEF Conference

Date: 04 1962
Description: Bishop Edgar A Love, chairman of SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) listens while Dorthy Vails, a leader of the Talladega College SNCC engages in ...
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SCEF Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: James Dombrowski, (left), executive director of SCEF, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, and Bishop Edgar A. Love, SCEF chairman, during a meeting.
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Quarry

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Description: A view of a marble quarry in Sylacauga, "The Marble City," which is constructed on a solid deposit of the hardest, whitest marble in the world. The bed is ...
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Southern Sewer Pipe Works

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Description: Sewer pipes are stacked in front of the Southern Sewer Pipe Works factory. Caption reads: "Southern Sewer Pipe Works, North Birmingham, ALA."
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Blast Furnace

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Description: The industrial city of Ensley, Alabama constructed four 200-ton blast furnaces which were in operation by April, 1889, the largest such grouping in the wor...
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Poultry House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of a chicken coop, or poultry house made of wood and wire.
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Girl Feeding Chicks

Date: 03 1914
Description: A girl wearing a dress and boots is standing outdoors in a yard near a house to feed chickens and chicks. In the background on the left a child is playing ...
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Automobile Near Water

Date: 1915
Description: Three men in an automobile near what may be a flooded area, or possibly an overflowed pond or river. Barren trees stand in the pool's water.
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Burning Stumps

Date: 03 16 1915
Description: Smoke surrounds several stumps in a field as they are burned to make way for a farm field.
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Terraced Field

Date: 02 1915
Description: Elevated view of a terraced farm field belonging to M.L. Jackson. Multiple tree stumps are scattered throughout the foreground and farm buildings are in th...
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Plowing Around Stumps

Date: 02 24 1915
Description: Left side view of Earle Morris using a walking plow pulled by a mule in a field pitted with tree stumps.
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Boy with Mule and Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of a boy with a mule and walking plow near a tree stump in a field.
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Lindsey Reese in Abandoned Field

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Lindsey Reese, dressed in a hat and suit jacket, standing in an abandoned field. Several farm buildings are in the far background.
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J.H. Gilchrist with Granddaughter in Cotton Field

Date: 1915
Description: J.H. Gilchrist, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, eyeglasses, and long coat, is standing in a cotton field on his farm to show his granddaughter, Lelia Sykes, th...

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