Alabama Historic photos, documents, and people

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Group of some of the youngest workers in the Merrimack Mills. Everyone has a steady job. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

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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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Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of the results of good management. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of the results of good management. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Young boy carrying armful of steel rods, "spragging irons" along the elevated track at the Bessie Mine. Location: Bessie Mine, Alabama.

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Electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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Noon hour at Avondale Mills. The youngest boy (on left end) said he had been doffing there four years. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

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Col. Roosevelt addressing the crowd at Corey on the occasion of the N.C.L.C. Conference at Birmingham. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

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Col. Roosevelt addressing crowd at Ensley, Ala., on the occasion of N.C.L.C. Conference at Birmingham. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.