Postcard Collection | UNA Archives and Special Collections

By Dixie Norwood

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Collection Overview

Title: Postcard Collection

Primary Creator: Postcard Collection

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains postcard scenes and historic places from places around the state of Alabama, including Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Selma. It also contains postcard scenes and historic places from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, and New York, as well as a few from Ontario, Canada. There are numerous postcards that depict buildings here on the University of North Alabama's campus, even some that are no longer standing. There are also many scenes from Yellowstone National Park.

These may have come from different owners. There are handwritten notes on many of them.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Collegiana],
[Series 2: State: Florence, Alabama],
[Series 3: State: Sheffield, Alabama],
[Series 4: State: Tuscumbia, Alabama],
[Series 5: State: Alabama],
[Series 6: State: Selma, Alabama],
[Series 7: State: Georgia],
[Series 8: State: Miscellaneous],
[Series 9: State: New York],
[Series 10: State: Tennessee],
[Series 11: Parks: Yellowstone National Park],
[Series 12: Art & Literature],
[Series 13: Foreign: Canada],
[Series 14: Miscellaneous],
[All]

Series 2: State: Florence, Alabama

Item 1: Greetings from Florence, Alabama {Southern Scenes} (PC 27)
Item 2: Greetings from Florence, Alabama {Brown Farm Scenes} (PC 41)
Item 3: Railroad Tracks (PC 25)
Item 4: The View down the Road (PC 24)
Item 5: Greetings from Florence, Alabama {Brown Farm Scenes} (PC 26)
Item 6: Greetings from Florence, Alabama {Brown Farm Scenes} (PC 238)
Item 7: Souvenir Folder of Muscle Shoals at Florence/Sheffield/Tuscumbia, Alabama (PC 22)
Item 8: Coffee High School, Florence (PC 29)
Item 9: Coffee High School, Jackson Highway, Florence (PC 30)
Item 10: Coffee High School, Built 1917, Florence (PC 32)
Item 11: Coffee High School, Florence (PC 31)
Item 12: High School, Florence (PC 264)
Item 13: Old Synodical College, Florence (PC 21)
Item 14: City Park, Florence (PC 257)
Item 15: Old Court House, 1822 to 1900, Florence (PC 33)
Item 16: 1822-Lauderdale County Courthouse-1900 (PC 34) {Very Fragile}
Item 17: Court House and Confederate Monument, Florence (PC 35)
Item 18: The Lauderdale County Courthouse, Florence (PC 36)
Item 19: Court Street looking North, Florence (PC 39)
Item 20: Walnut Street, looking from Coffee High School, Florence (PC 37)
Item 21: Court Street, Florence (PC 260)
Item 22: Residence Street, Florence {Wood Avenue} (PC 40)
Item 23: Court Street, Florence (PC 38)
Item 24: Court Street, Florence (PC 261)
Item 25: Workmen arriving from Muscle Shoals, Florence (PC 262)
Item 26: Federal Building, Florence (PC 42)
Item 27: Federal Building, Florence (PC 43)
Item 28: Elk’s Club and Post Office from City Park, Florence (PC 46)
Item 29: Florence Fire Department, April 15, 1915-Donald White, Chief (PC 44)
Item 30: Florence Elks Lodge {Also the former home of the Florence Female Seminary} (PC 45-1)
Item 31: Florence Elks Lodge {Also the former home of the Florence Female Seminary} (PC 45-2)
Item 32: Florence Elks Lodge {Also the former home of the Florence Female Seminary} (PC 45-3)
Item 33: Florence Elks Lodge {Also the former home of the Florence Female Seminary} (PC 45-4)
Item 34: Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence (PC 47)
Item 35: Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence (PC 48)
Item 36: Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence (PC 49)
Item 37: Florence Golf and Country Club, Florence (PC 50)
Item 38: “The Forks” Historic Home of James Jackson, 5 miles from Florence (PC 51)
Item 39: “The Forks” Historic Home of James Jackson, 5 miles from Florence (PC 52-1)
Item 40: “The Forks” Historic Home of James Jackson, 5 miles from Florence (PC 52-2)
Item 41: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 53)
Item 42: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 54-1)
Item 43: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 54-2)
Item 44: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 54-3)
Item 45: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 54-4)
Item 46: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 54-5)
Item 47: The Forks of Cypress, Florence {Dining Room Scene} (PC 55)
Item 48: The Forks of Cypress, Florence (PC 258)
Item 49: The Forks of Cypress, Florence {Downstairs parlor} (PC 56)
Item 50: The Forks of Cypress, Florence {Main upstairs bedroom} (PC 245)
Item 51: Cotton Ready for Shipment (PC 28)
Item 52: Florence Indian Mound {Booklet} (PC 57)
Item 53: Jefferson Hotel, Florence (PC 58)
Item 54: Regalia of Grand Cyclops K.K.K. Original Now in U.D.C. Chapter Room, Florence (PC 59-1)
Item 55: Regalia of Grand Cyclops K.K.K. Original Now in U.D.C. Chapter Room, Florence (PC 59-2)
Item 56: Regalia of Grand Cyclops K.K.K. Original Now in U.D.C. Chapter Room, Florence (PC 59-3)
Item 57: Regalia of Grand Cyclops K.K.K. Original Now in U.D.C. Chapter Room, Florence (PC 59-4)
Item 58: Regalia of Grand Cyclops K.K.K. Original Now in U.D.C. Chapter Room, Florence (PC 59-5)
Item 59: Pope’s Tavern, Florence (PC 60)
Item 60: Pope’s Tavern, Florence (PC 61)
Item 61: Presbyterian Church and Manse, Florence (PC 63)
Item 62: First Methodist Church, Florence 1905 (PC 244)
Item 63: Highland Baptist Church, Florence (PC 65)
Item 64: M.E. Church, South, Florence (PC 62)
Item 65: First Methodist Church, Florence (PC 64)
Item 66: ***MISSING-Florence City park {Wilson}
Item 67: Weeden Heights-First house built here {Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilhelm} (PC 66)
Item 68: “Sweetwater” The Homestead of the Late Ex-Governor R.M. Patton, near Florence (PC 67)
Item 69: Tomb of General John Coffee {Coffee Cemetery}, near Florence (PC 259)
Item 70: Tennessee River at Florence (PC 68)
Folder 71: View of the Tennessee (PC 69)
Item 72: Tennessee River Bridge approaching Florence (PC 70)
Item 73: Tennessee River Bridge, Florence (PC 71)
Item 74: Construction worker for Wilson Dam (PC 72)
Item 75: Power House U.S. Government Nitrate Plant no. 2, Muscle Shoals (PC 73)
Item 76: Power House, Muscle Shoals (PC 74)
Item 77: Permanent Power Plant U.S.N.P no. 2, Muscle Shoals {Florence} {Steam Generating Plant} (PC 75)
Item 78: Wilson Dam and Lake looking South, Florence (PC 76)
Item 79: First Boat Passing through 3rd Lock Chamber, Florence (PC 77)
Item 80: Foot of Mussel Shoals Canal, Florence (PC 78)
Item 81: Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals (PC 79)
Item 82: Turbines in Interior Power House of Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals, Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, AL (PC 80)
Item 83: Muscle Shoals in Tennessee River {as seen from below Wilson Dam}, Muscle Shoals (PC 81)
Item 84: Muscle Shoals in Tennessee River {as seen from below Wilson Dam}, Muscle Shoals (PC 81-2)
Item 85: Scene in Liquid Air Building, U.S.N.P. no. 2 Muscle Shoals, Florence (PC 82)
Item 86: Power House at Wilson Dam, Florence (PC 83)
Item 87: Wilson Dam-Rough Water Muscle Shoals, Florence (PC 84)
Item 88: Wilson Dam as it will be when completes, Muscle Shoals (PC 85)
Item 89: Wilson Dam and Lake, Muscle Shoals District, Florence (PC 86)
Item 90: Power House at Wilson Dam {when completed}, Florence (PC 87)