Art Work of Alabama cities collection, 1894-1907.

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Hamilton, Peter J. (Peter Joseph), 1859-1927. Art Work of Alabama cities collection, 1894-1907.

Art Work of Alabama cities collection, 1894-1907.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543394

This collection is composed of published portfolios and bound volumes depicting scenes in and around Alabama cities with brief essays about the featured areas. The majority of the collection is oversize pamphlets, which are grouped according to the geographic areas being depicted. The different groupings in the collection include Birmingham in 1907, Mobile in 1894, Montgomery in 1907, and central Alabama cities in 1907. The cities included in the central Alabama cities portfolio include Demopolis, Greensboro, Marion, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa. The two bound volumes in the group are Art Work of Mobile and Vicinity, 1894, and Artwork of Montgomery, 1894. Scenes portrayed in the publications include street views, aerial photos, boats, businesses, cemeteries, churches, hospitals, residences, schools, government buildings, bridges, waterways, and other landmarks. Of special notice are scenes depicting the cotton industry in the Montogmery portfolio and wharf scenes in the Mobile portfolio. The essay about Mobile was written by Peter Joseph Hamilton. The essay in the 1907 Montgomery folio was written by Thomas M. Owen. The publishers that distributed the works in this collection were the Gravure Illustration Co., H. W. Kennicott and Co., and W. H. Parish Publishing Co.

6 cubic ft. (8 oversize boxes and 2 volumes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History