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St Mary\u27s Church, Tuscumbia, Alabama
No full textFront-view of wood-frame church known as St. Mary\u27s in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Postcard is addressed to an individual in Birmingham, Alabama and postmarked Nov. 20, 1906.https://roar.una.edu/postcards/1109/thumbnail.jp
U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2: Woman and young girls inside home
No full textInside view of home with African American woman and two young girls standing at table with what appears to be school materials.https://roar.una.edu/nitrateplant/1001/thumbnail.jp
Sawmill for Wilson Dam Construction
No full textDepiction of the sawmill used in the construction of Wilson Dam. William Lindsey McDonald\u27s note explains: Saw Mill alongside The Old Muscle Shoals Canal - operated by the government in the building of Wilson Dam during the early 1920s.https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_images/1168/thumbnail.jp
State Normal College Baseball Team
No full textTeam members of State Normal College Baseball Team dressed in suits. Reverse side shows, Baseball Team from Florence Normal College Year 1906. The identification of team players is handwritten on photograph.https://roar.una.edu/una_athletics_images/1002/thumbnail.jp
State Normal High School Basketball Team
No full textState Normal (Florence, Alabama) High School Basketball Team 1928. Joe Redd, Mgr. Wesleyan Hall in the background.https://roar.una.edu/una_athletics_images/1005/thumbnail.jp
O\u27Neal Hall, State Normal School
No full textPlans for this building (a dormitory) were approved April 20, 1911, by Governor Emmet O\u27Neal. Constructed in 1913, this 4-story brick building could accommodate 125 students and their belongings. It included a reception hall, lounge, office for matron/housekeeper, guest rooms, and a 36x72 foot exercise room. The college cafeteria was also located in this building on the first floor. It was named O\u27Neal Hall in 1930. By the 1950s, The Lion\u27s Den (the student center) occupied the building (had television sets and laundering facilities). The building was demolished in the early 1980s to make room for an expanded Student Union Center building.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1016/thumbnail.jp
Stone Lodge, Florence State Teachers College
No full textConstruction on the Stone Lodge was completed by college boys under the supervision of the NYA (National Youth Administration), a New Deal Agency, in October 1939. The upper floor is fashioned after an old English Inn with the cross beams and a huge stone fireplace being typical. The Stone Lodge or Student Lodge served as a venue for student organization meetings and events for years. The Music department used this building for conferences and after school activities, including band practice in the 1950s (known as the Band Lodge during this time period). In 1995, a call was made to renovate the Stone Lodge for a place for students to go and hang out besides the GUC (it would stay open late nights) Remodeling occurred through the year and on January 24, 1996, Leo\u27s opened in the Stone Lodge. Now it is utilized as a classroom, meeting room, and study room.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1022/thumbnail.jp
Planetarium and Observatory, Florence State College
No full textThe Observatory is built on a hill with a clear view of the skies to the south, east, and west. It includes a 16 foot, electronically operated rotating aluminum dome with double transverse shutters (4 feet wide opening).https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1020/thumbnail.jp
Indian Mound, Florence, Alabama
No full textIndian Mound located on the bank of the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama. Postcard is cover of booklet containing the poem Waumanona by Elizabeth Lansford Edwards. Waumanona was a Chickamauga tribe chieftain, and the poem tells the tale of the mound. The following description is included on the last page of the booklet: The Florence Mound. From Moore\u27s \u27Mounds on the Tennessee River.\u27 The mound beside the river at Florence is the largest mound on the Tennessee River. It is 42 feet high--quadrilateral, flat top, but not rectangular, one end being wider than the other. It is so steep as to be ascended only with difficulty.https://roar.una.edu/postcards/1025/thumbnail.jp
Sweetwater, Florence, Alabama
No full textFront view of Sweetwater plantation, Florence (Alabama) including fountain. Text on front reads: \u27Sweet-Water\u27, the Homestead of Late Ex. Gov. R.M. Patton. Near Florence, Alabama.https://roar.una.edu/postcards/1026/thumbnail.jp