2010 Photos of the Month


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December 2010

2010 December Albright and Wood Drug Store at the Loop

 

 

Albright and Wood Drug Store at the Loop, 1931, with several car hops waiting to take customers' orders.
Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: N-1450

 

 

December 2010 The first computerized class

 

 

The first computerized class registration takes place, 1979.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. Negative: USA-79-1109

 

 

 


November 2010
2010 december Laying the cornerstone of the Scottish Rite Temple

 

 

 

Laying the cornerstone of the Scottish Rite Temple, November 1921.
Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: N-3628

 

 

 

November 2010 Students in the University's ROTC program

 

 

 

 

 

Students in the University's ROTC program practice rappelling, 1980.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. Negative: USA-80-1114

 

 

 

 

 


October 2010

2010 October A USO function at the Mobile, Alabama

 

 

A USO function at the Mobile, Alabama, Jewish Progressive Club, 1940.
Courtesy of Marlyn J. Behr. Negative: C-4112

 

 

 

2010 October baseball team members

 

 

The University of South Alabama baseball Jaguars play the University of West Florida in 1985. The Jags won the game 15-1.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. Negative: USA-N-86-3

 

 


August 2010

2010 August Friends and family of Harry Hardy Smith

 

 

Friends and family of Harry Hardy Smith enjoying a picnic at Spring Hill in 1911.
Harry Hardy Smith Collection. Negative: HHS-124

 

 

2010 August USA's first African American SGA vice-president Ken Simon

 

 

USA's first African American SGA vice-president Ken Simon stands next to Mandy Wagner and Howard Phillips, 1974.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. Negative: USA-74-1014

 


July 2010

July 2010 A World War I preparedness rally marches down Government Street

 

 

A World War I preparedness rally marches down Government Street on July 4, 1916. These people seem completely unaware that a hurricane would strike the city the next day.
Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: C-4048

 

 

July 2010 Former USA baseball coach

 

 

 

 

Former USA baseball coach and major leaguer Eddie Stanky.
Mobile Press-Register Collection. Negative: PR-73734

 

 

 

 

 


June 2010

June 2010 Members of the Louis M. Moragues family

 

 

Members of the Louis M. Moragues family around 1900. Moragues was the Brazilian consul to Mobile, as well as the vice-president of American Mahogany and the treasurer of the Spanish Benevolent Association. Erik Overbey Collection.

 

 

2010 June the bridge

 

 

In this 1984 photo, students cross the bridge separating the humanities building from the Marx Library. The library can be seen in the background.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection.

 


May 2010

may 2010 the Jenson family

 

 

 

 

 

The Jensen family, about 1920.
Erik Overbey Collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010 May taking exams

 

 

Taking exams at the University of South Alabama, ca. 1965.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection.

 

 


April 2010

April 2010 hunting easter eggs

 

 

 

An unidentified child hunts Easter eggs, 1972.
Mobile Press Register Collection. Negative: PR-76328

 

 

 

 

April 2010 protest

 

USA students protest the Iranian government after the taking of American hostages there in 1979. The signs read: "Mad as hell. We're not going to take it anymore," "Keep your oil, give back our people," and "#*j!;@! Khomeini, Free our people."
University of South Alabama Public Relations Collection. Negative: 79-1034-1

 

 


March 2010

March 2010 Two members of the Women's Army Corps

 

 

Two members of the Women's Army Corps observe an Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company female welder at work, a true “Rosie the Riveter,” 1943. We present this image in celebration of National Women's History Month.
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Collection. Negative: ADDSCO-430B

 

 

2010 March  black student union

 

 

 

The university's black student union choir performs on the stairs inside the old student union building in 1979. Do you know who any of these people are? If so, let us know! Vanguard Photograph. Negative: C-18,130

 

 

 

 


February 2010

2010 February Excelsior Band plays

 

 

 

As the renowned Excelsior Band plays, an unidentified man dances on the grave of Joe Cain during the first Joe Cain Day celebration in 1967.
Photo courtesy of Clarence Keller. Negative: C-4201

 

 

 

 

 

2010 february USA president

 
 
USA president Frederick Whiddon addresses a crowd in front of the university's administration building (now the Frederick P. Whiddon building) during ceremonies celebrating the opening of the university in 1964.
USA Public Relations Collection.

 

 


January 2010

2010 january logging scene

 

A logging scene near the M. L. Davis territory in Georgetown, Mobile County, Alabama, in 1895.
T. E. Armitstead Collection. Negative: A-317 (detail)

 

 

2010 January USA President

 

 

USA president Frederick Whiddon presents a diploma to a graduating student at the 1968 ceremonies held at the Mobile Municipal Theater.
USA Public Relations Collection.