Negative collection, 1946-1959.

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Negative collection, 1946-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122498745

This collection contains 3,594 acetate negatives. The majority of negatives are black and white 4 x 5, but some 2 x 3 as well as color negatives are included. These negatives include views of the buildings and businesses of Montgomery, Ala.; James E. Folsom's 1946 Campaign and inauguration; John Patterson's inaugural ball; forestry and lumber companies; the agricultural activities and developments of the Crimson Clover Association; real estate developments; individuals, including Earl James, Bob Stewart, "Spec" Shaffer, Alex Marks, Hardy Ellis, Champ Pickens, Judge Eugene Carter, Sam Engelhardt, and a number of families; and social activities such as weddings, anniversaries, dances, games, and rodeos. Also included are views of other businesses and buildings of various Ala. counties. This collection provides an overview of the interests and activities of some of Alabama's residents in the mid-twentieth century. These negatives are numbered PN7252-7410, PN7838-7999, PN9113-11482, PN11484-12390, PN14215-14602, PN14668-14747, and PN14749-15015.

3 cubic ft. (3 records center cartons).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736683

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Marks, Alex.

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James, Earl.

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Shaffer, "Spec".

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Carter, Eugene W., b.1894.

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Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Eugene W. Carter presided over the 1956 trial of Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, who was indicted for conspiring to boycott. On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery municipal bus to a white person. Protesting the arrest, black citizens of Montgomery boycotted the city's bus system in order to force the bus company and the city to abolish t...

Patterson, John M. (John Malcolm), 1921-.

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Ellis, Hardy.

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Folsom, James Elisha

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James E. Folsom was born 1908 Oct. 9 to Joshua Marion and Eulala Cornelia Dunnavant Folsom in Farmer's Academy, Coffee County, Ala. When he was two the Folsom family moved to Elba. James E. was the sixth of seven children. Folsom attended public schools and attended both the University of Ala. and Howard College for short stints in the years 1927-1929. During the Depression Folsom worked in the Civil Works Administration, heading up the Marshall Co. office until 1934. He...

Engelhardt, Samuel, 1912-1991.

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Samuel Engelhardt, a farmer and merchant in Macon County (Ala.), was a prominent Alabama politician who served in the State House of Representatives from 1950-1954 and in the State Senate from 1954-1958. From 1959 to 1963, Engelhardt served as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama as well as Highway Department director for Governor John Patterson. In 1962, Engelhardt ran for governor, but he lost in the Democratic Primary to George C. Wallace. From the description...

Pickens, Champ.

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Steward, Bob.

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Perry, Horace M. (Horace Mitchell), 1949-

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Horace Perry was a photographer residing in Mongtomery, Ala. From the description of Negative collection, 1946-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498745 ...