Alabama Historic photos, documents, and people

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A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama

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Home of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wage is one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

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Large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama

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Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

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One of the young doffers working in Pell City Cotton Mill. Superintendent of mill is also Mayor of Pell City. Location: Pell City, Alabama.

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A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Ala.

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Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Workers in Reiss Department Store. The age limit is very high. Mr. Reiss does not believe in working children. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala.