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The Old Newspaper Plant in Wilcox County.

The “Old Newspaper Plant” is shown on Planters Street in Camden in Wilcox County, in this photo taken on Jan. 7, 1937. The photo is part of a series that photographer Alex Bush did on historic American buildings. The Old Newspaper Plant published the Wilcox Progressive Era, which is now on Water Street in Camden. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This article appears in the October 2026 issue of Business Alabama.