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Historic Alabama: U.S. Foil Company

R.S. Reynolds' aluminum reduction plant in Listerhill was in production until 1980.

Retrospect: Birmingham’s first banker

Charles Linn established the National Bank of Birmingham, becoming Birmingham's first banker.

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Historic Alabama: Port of Mobile

The Port of Mobile has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Here’s an aerial view, featuring Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., in the 1960s.

Retrospect: First Harvest

A farmer, a banker and the power of the peanut changed Coffee County forever, as memorialized in this bronze panel at Alabama Bicentennial Park.

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Historic Alabama: Products made in Alabama

Alabama products were featured in Montgomery in 1955 in honor of Alabama Industry Days.

Retrospect: Alabama’s Loom Towns

Avondale Mills was founded in Birmingham in 1897 but at its height employed 7,000 workers throughout the state.

New airport store celebrates U.S. Civil Rights Trail

A new store at the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport features items commemorating the people and places of the civil rights movement

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