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December 2012
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The Reiss Mercantile Company
held an annual Christmas parade as a promotional event for their toy department. This one,
circa 1925, rolls up Government Street past the Government Street Presbyterian Church. Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: N-4267 |
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Students celebrate the results of the SGA
elections inside the student center, April 24, 1980. University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
November 2012
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Workers at the Alabama Dry
Dock and Shipbuilding Company pause during the work day to give thanks on Thanksgiving
Day, 1943. Alabama Dry Dock
and Shipbuilding Company Collection. Negative: ADDSCO-429A |
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USA students in front of the Whiddon
Administration Building during a political
rally in 1968. University of South Alabama
Public Relations Collection. |
October 2012
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Trick or Treat! Whether
ghost or ghoul, angel or devil, ballerina or racecar driver, we all love to dress up for
Halloween -- just as these people did 90 years ago. Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: N-4231A. |
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On October 20, 2012, USA celebrates
homecoming. In this circa 1975 photo, Cliff McKay, Linda Larson, Lois Richards, and Gary
Ledbetter do too. University of South Alabama
Public Relations Collection. |
August 2012
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August is back-to-school
month. These children attended the Mobile County Training School, a segregated school for
Mobile's African Americans. They posed for this photograph in front of a monument honoring
the school's first principal, Isaiah Whitley, in 1937. Most of the children are
identified. Erik Overbey
Collection. Negative: N-2602. |
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Professor James Kennedy, USA's first African
American instructor, at the university's 20th anniversary celebration in 1984. University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
July 2012
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An unidentified boy rides
his tricycle, circa 1925. Erik
Overbey Collection. Negative: N-7056. |
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The USA mascot, April 2, 1988. University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
June 2012
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Edgar Dees Sr. plays for the
crowd at an early 1950s Alabama Deep Sea Fishing tournament in Dauphin Island, Alabama.
Dees' son Andy would later go on to become USA's official photographer. History Museum of Mobile Collection. Negative:
MOM-3091. |
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A USA student wrestler hoists two female
students on his shoulders. Do you know who any of these students are? If so, please let us
know by emailing mccalllib@southalabama.edu. University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
May 2012
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Men launch one of the tubes
that makes up the Bankhead Tunnel, 1940. The tube would be floated down river and then
sunk into place. Erik Overbey
Collection. Negative: N-221. |
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Two men gaze at equipment during a College
of Engineering open house, 1981. The college has recently moved into new headquarters in
the Shelby Building. University of South
Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
April 2012
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A group of men relax as a
train takes them away from what was probably the dedication of the Alabama State Docks in
the late 1920s. Erik Overbey
Collection. Negative: N-4122. |
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This group poses at the dedication and
opening house for the University of South Alabama in June 1964. At the far left is Ernest
Cleverdon, a member of the board of trustees. Next to him stands the university's
president Frederick Whiddon. On the far right is one of the city's Azalea Trail Maids. University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
March 2012
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National Furniture Store
stood on the southeast corner of Dauphin and Jackson in the 1940s. The store's address was
225 Dauphin and C. T. Bugg was its manager. Near it were George's Candy Shop and Joyce's
Jewelry Company. Erik Overbey
Collection. Negative: C-1118.
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Four of USA's longest-serving faculty
members. From left to right they are: Glenn Sebastian, Gene Wilson, Vicki Rivizzigno, and
Bill Williams. University of South Alabama
Public Relations Collection. |
February 2012
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The L&N Railroad
station, c. 1963. History
Museum of Mobile Collection. Negative: MOM-2175C. |
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Dedication of USA's Health Services
Building, June 16, 1982. Shown in the image are Ernest Cleverdon, Aubrey Green, Otha Lee
Biggs, Frederick Whiddon, Stanley Crawford, Clyde Huggins, June Whiddon, and Roland
Williams. University of South Alabama
Public Relations Collection. |
January 2012
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The Albright Cigar Company
at 111 North Royal Street, circa 1930. The location now houses a parking lot. Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: C-255.
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USA president Frederick Whiddon poses with
members of the university's board of trustees. From left to right around the table are:
Harry Sonneborn, Monty Collins, Ernest Cleverdon, Frederick Whiddon, Antoinette Watson,
and L. W. Brannan. Standing from left to right are: Aubrey Green, Arthur Cook, Charles
Wood, and Ed Dannelly. The photo was taken on November 10, 1976. University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. |
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