Scotty Kirkland
Retrospect: A look at the history of the Alabama Penny Savings Bank
Founded in Birmingham in 1890, the Alabama Penny Savings Bank was the first financial institution in the state-owned and operated by African Americans
The Alabama origin of Lehman Bros.
In New York harbor on a mid-September day in 1844, a long voyage to America came to an end for a 21-year-old Bavarian man...
Retrospect: L.C. Priester — The Pecan King
The story of Huntsville's Keller Motors Corp.
Retrospect: The story of Keller Motors Corp.
The story of Huntsville's Keller Motors Corp.
Retrospect: The Birmingham & Southeastern Railroad
In March 1950, Mobilians were treated to a top-to-bottom tour of the Waterman Steamship Corp.’s new headquarters.
Retrospect: The opening of Mobile’s Waterman Building, 1950
In March 1950, Mobilians were treated to a top-to-bottom tour of the Waterman Steamship Corp.’s new headquarters.
Retrospect: A look back at Roderick D. MacKenzie’s steel series
This year marks the centennial of an unlikely meeting between a Mobile artist and a Birmingham steel executive. In the summer of 1921, Roderick...
Funding Alabama: The First State Budget
Statehood was within sight when Gov. William Wyatt Bibb submitted his address to the first Alabama Legislature in October 1819. He likened the process...
Retrospect: The story of Sam the Banana Man
Copies of the February 19, 1951, edition of Life magazine sold quickly in Selma. The periodical featured the story of a humble former resident...
Lafayette’s expensive visit to Alabama
During eight spectacle-filled days in the spring of 1825, Alabamians welcomed to their soil a Frenchman of international renown. The Marquis de Lafayette was...
