Alabama Yesterdays

In 2014 I posted an item about a photograph of St.

Back in 2020 I posted an item about the 1959 crime film Odds Against Tomorrow which has a couple of Alabama connections, one of them tenuous.

General anesthesia using gases for surgery is one of America's great nineteenth century medical achievements.

"A Torrid Extravaganza" the ad declares.

In 2023 I posted an item related to my visit to Huntsville Hospital in 1958.

As I often do, I was perusing some old issues of the Gadsden Times recently and in July and August 1941 issues I found several articles about polio cases in the state.

Well, here we are at my 1000th posting on this blog since March 2014.

I've written several pieces on this blog about football star, actor and Dothan native Johnny Mack Brown.

I have a sizeable and growing Alabama postcard collection, and this post highlights six that feature motels.

Here we have another item from the old Gadsden Times issues I've been paging through in recent months.

Walker Evans is one of the most famous American documentary photographers of the 20th century.

My brother Richard recently alerted me to this actress from Alabama; I was not familiar with her.

Last year I wrote about two bank robberies in Shelby County in 1931 and 1932.

Over the years members of our family have published several books.

I've done a lot of postings about bookstores on this blog, including a few I've never visited since they are no longer around.

I've mentioned in several recent posts that I've been perusing numerous issues of the Gadsden Times newspaper from the 1930s and 1940s saved by my paternal grandmother Rosa Mae Wright.

Yes, here we are with another advertisement from the old issues of the Gadsden Times I've been going through in recent months.

In recent months I've gone through numerous 1930s and 1940s issues of the Gadsden Times.

In July 2024 our daughter Becca, her husband Josh, son Ezra and stepson Zach came to Pelham for a visit.

Last year I posted the first two pieces in this series intended to focus on random photos or ephemera that I have laying around.

Film poster Source: Wikipedia I've written several posts on this blog about actress Tallulah Bankhead [1902-1968], a Huntsville native.

I've done a lot of postings about bookstores on this blog, including a few I've never visited since they are no longer around.

Since 2015 I have started each year with a post outlining some of the pieces I'd like to write in the coming months.

Well, not in the same year, of course.

The historic Five Points South area of Birmingham's Southside has been in the news over the last year or so and not in positive ways, unfortunately.