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Historic Alabama: Night moves

A snapshot of Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. in Decatur in 1942.

The early years of ice cream in Sylacauga

A building in Sylacauga has been home to decades of ice-cream manufacturing, most recently Blue Bell.

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Historic Alabama: Stitched into time

An early look at Baker Cotton Mills in Mobile.

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Retrospect: The Radio Products Corp.’s Superflex

Ernest W. House changed radios forever when he created a regenerative electric circuit to perfect tuning.

Historic Alabama: Taxi Driver

A billboard on wheels.

Retrospect: The rise and fall of Huntsville’s Whitesburg Theatre

From 1949 until the 1970s, the Whitesburg Theatre entertained residents and visitors to Huntsville.

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Historic Alabama: Beginnings of an industry

Birmingham's great industry of the late 1880s.

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