WHITE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH INDIAN LIFE By Thomas M. Owen (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 13, Nos. 01, 02, 03, & 04, 1951) BELSER, JAMES E, lawyer, representative in congress, was born December 22, 1805, in Charleston, S. C.; and died January 16, 1859, at Montgomery. For several years he was one of […]
John Collier, Jr. was "an American anthropologist and an early leader in the fields of visual anthropology and applied anthropology" was a member of the renowned documentary photographic project of the Farm Security Administration of the Depression-era. Below are some of his pictures taken during the month of May, 1942 that depict the life of […]
News gathered from Selma, Rome, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Birmingham News –October 20, 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) TELEGRAPHIC TWINKLES GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE Selma, Rome, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Birmingham News – Items from other Sections of the Country, Etc. SELMA SHOTS Special to the […]
Wallpaper was the rage in the 1890s and this is the way our ancestors made the paste to hang the wallpaper from wheat flour. It must have been strong because wallpaper hung during this time is still on some walls. Paper Hangers’ Paste To make paper-hangers’ paste, bet up four pounds of good, white wheat […]
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