Collection: Rotogravure sections from Birmingham, Alabama, newspapers, 1915-1930 Call number: LPP111 Container List
The Sunday Age-Herald, 1915 (no date) Page 1 - “Pictures of More Than Passing Interest from Alabama, England and Germany” [English women pressing hay, German princesses and prince] - “Road Building in Jefferson County, Ala. The New Jasper Road, Showing Asphalt Binder Road, Built by Convict Labor” - “Mrs. Felix M. Drennen a Favorite in Birmingham Society.” Page 2 - “Hunger in Poland: Where Food Is Dealt out in Ounces to Women and Children” Page 3 - “English Children’s Games Are War Games—an All English Page” Page 4 - “Posing for Moving Pictures” / “Miss Cora Gregg, Popular Birmingham Girl Who Recently Enacted the Leading Part in ‘The Tourist Girl.’” - “Making Birmingham a Seaport” / “Steamboats Recently Carried 2000 Members of the Alabama Merchants’ Association from Birmingham to Lock 17 on the Warrior River, the Last Link in Six-Foot Water Navigation to the Gulf at Mobile.” - Women’s fashion
The Sunday Age-Herald, 1915 (no date) Page 1 - “Prisoners of War; Russian Troops Passing Through Lodz.” - “Mrs. William M. Walker and Her Pretty Little Daughter, Harriet” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Miss Letty Woods, a Noted Virginia Beauty, Who Spent the Past Season with Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Lupton.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “An American Photographer’s Work in Far Away Serbia” Page 3 - “Soldier Types of the Czar’s Army in Russian Poland” - “Result of the Fleeing Russian Torch and German Artillery”
The Sunday Age-Herald, 1915 (no date) Page 3 - “…to the ‘Down Under’ Countries” Page 4 - “Social Life Portraits Done in…” / “Miss Susan Brown Foster of Union Springs, Ala., the Recent Popular and Attractive Visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Foster of Birmingham.” ; “Mrs. Leo K. Steiner and Her Two Handsome Sons, Leo K. Steiner, Jr., and Bernard S. Steiner.” [photograph by O’Connor] / “Mrs. Holland Harris Fletcher of Birmingham.” - “Birmingham Branch of the Crane Co” - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Sunday Age-Herald, September 12, 1915 Page 1 - “After the Battle: Review of the Regimental Colors.” / “The Famous Wurtemberg Regiments Passing in Review Before the General Commanding. A Photograph Study Worthy of Being Placed on Canvas. This Photograph Was Taken in the Argonne Forest After One of the Big Engagements, the Famous ‘Goose-Step’ Is Very Much in Evidence.” - “Combining the Beautiful and Practical” / “Flower Gardens at Ensley Shops of the T. C. & I. Company.” - “Mrs. Ban Cockrill Morgan (Maybelle Cosby)” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “French Peasants Working for Their Beloved Country.” / “A Detachment of French Army Soldiers Immediately in the Rear of the Firing Line, Getting Ready for Dinner in One of the Little Villages. One May Well Believe That the Women of France Have Done Their Share After Looking at This Photograph.” [photograph by Henry Ruschin] - “A Real Bread Line in the Western War Zone: One Loaf to a Man.” / “Good, Big Wholesome Loaves Made of Whole Wheat Bread Are Distributed by the Army Baker and His Faithful Assistants, the Dogs.” [photograph by Henry Ruschin] Page 3 - “Now for a Long Rest in One of the Detention Camps for Prisoners.” - “Smiling Faces of the Italian Army Seen in Rome.” Page 4 - “Fashion’s Whims in Hats and Gowns for Fall Wear.”
The Sunday Age-Herald, September 26, 1915 Page 1 - “On the Boundary Line Between the United States and Mexico” [copyright by International News Service] - “Mrs. Jelks Cabiness (Elizabeth Morris).” [photograph by Stevenson Studio] - “Mrs. Sidney Preston Smith (Dorothy Johnson), One of the Season’s Handsomest Brides.” Page 2 - “Construction and Destruction: New Pictures from the War Zone.” Page 3 - “‘The Germans Are Coming!’ Flight of the People from Warsaw.” Page 4 - “Iron Makers Old and New in Alabama” / “Ruins of Alabama’s First Iron Makers at Briarsfield.” / “One of the Newest Blast Furnaces at Ensley.” / “Another View of Briarsfield Furnace Ruins.” - “Fashions for Feminine Readers” - “Alabama Girls’ Tomato Clubs” / “Here are Some Members of the Calhoun County Club Gathering Their Product. Remarkable Records Have Been Made by Some of the Clubs in Canning Tomatoes.”
The Sunday Age-Herald, October 10, 1915 Page 1 - “Mammoth Hydro-Electric Plant at Lock 12 on Coosa River” / “This Power Station and Dam, Built by the Alabama Power Company, Generates 70,000 Horsepower and Supplies Electric Power for Numerous Cities and Towns in Alabama.” - “Participants in the Woman’s Southern Golf Tournament at The Country Club” / “Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, the 17-Year-Old Champion, Is Standing in the Second Row Wearing a Dark Sweater and Striped Hat Band.” Page 2 - “Intellectual Food for Soldiers: ‘Iphigenia in Tauris,’ Given at Namur” [Euripedes tragedy; photograph by Henry Ruschin] - “Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo! Hide and Go Seek Is Really Played as a Part of War” [Austrian Army hiding from air scouts; photograph by Henry Ruschin] Page 3 - “In Poland, the Hands That Rock the Cradle Also Guide the Plows” [photographs copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - “Mrs. V. Hugo Marx of Birmingham and Her Little Son, V. Hugo Marx, Jr.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley and Her Pretty Little Daughter Margaret. Mrs. Hundley Is One of Alabama’s Most Prominent Suffragists.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Mrs. Solon Jacobs of Birmingham, President of the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio]
The Sunday Age-Herald, October 17, 1915 Page 1 - “For Export: Utilizing the Great Warrior River Waterway to the Gulf” / “Loading Coal Barges in Tuscaloosa County for Export at Mobile and New Orleans.” [photograph by Turner Studio] - “Onyx: An Alabama Resource” / “Entrance to Onyx Cave in Talladega County, Where Unlimited Quantities of the Finest Onyx Have Recently Been Discovered.” - “Improving Working Man’s Conditions” / “Specimen Five-Room Cottage House Furnished to Employes [sic] by the Tennessee Company at Fairfield, Ala.” Page 2 - “Poland’s Heart and Soul, Her Women and Children in Quain Dress” [photographs copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood] Page 3 - “When Men Died from Fright: Greatest Bombardment Known in History” [bombardment of the Galician Fortress at Przemysl and surrender by Russians; photographs copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Sunday Age-Herald, October 24, 1915 Page 1 - “Thanksgiving Services in Honor of Fathers and Sons Home from the War” [in Poland, in honor of returning Austrians; photograph copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood] - “Mrs. Vernon Castle in a New Ribbon Frock” / “The New Ribbon Frock, Ribbons Are the Latest Things in the Style World, and One Simply Must Have a Frock Fashioned of Ribbons. Of Course There Is a Foundation Slip of Flesh Colored Chiffon, Whereon the Broad Sashes of Pale Pink Are Posed, but This Is Mere Detail; the Ribbons Being the Chief Feature. Created by ‘Hickson’ for Mrs. Vernon Castle.” [another image on Page 4; photograph by Victor Georg] - “Mrs. Charles Day Williams (Lillian Orr)” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “After the Screaming 42-Centimetre Shells Had Found a Resting Place” [ruins after bombardment at Przemysl; photograph copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood] - “Searching an Abandoned Trench to See What the Enemy Discarded” Page 3 - “Cupid Enters the White House” [Mrs. Norman Galt, future wife of Woodrow Wilson; copyright International Film Service] Page 4 - “‘Matsuyama,’ the Beautiful Country Home of General Louis V. Clark” [photographs by Baird] - “Beautiful Bridal Veil Falls” / “The Falls Are Formed by the T. C. & I. Company Dam on Village Creek.” - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Sunday Age-Herald, October 31, 2015 Page 1 - “Women of England in a Battle with the Fall Harvest While Men Fight” - “Fair Birmingham Golf Players” / “Miss Bland Tomlinson, Miss Mary Munger and Mrs. Henry Howze at the Country Club.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] - “An Alabama Mountain Resort” / “Children of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Oliver at Mentone.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] Page 2 - “First You Catch Your Army, Then You Give IT a Bath and Cut Its Hair” [Russian, German, and Austrian soldiers; photographs copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood] Page 3 - “Four Worth While Camera Shots Made by an American Photographer” [Austrian wagons, Russian prisoners, General Von Mackensen, Austrian Uhlans and artillery in Przemysl; photographs copyrighted from Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut, from Underwood & Underwood]
Page 4 - “Lock 17 on the Warrior River. This Lock Has a 65-Foot Lift and Forms a Lake Over 60 Miles Long, Giving 6-Foot Navigation the Year Round from the Gulf at Mobile to the Coal and Iron Fields of the Birmingham District.” - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Birmingham Age-Herald, November 7, 1915 Page 1 - “The Eye of the Army” [observation balloon of Serbian army; copyright by International Film Service] - “Mrs. Ross C. Smith and Her Daughter Rose.” / “A Charming Portrait Study of Mother and Child” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Miss Katherine Ledbetter” / “The Lovely Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Ledbetter.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “With the Warring Nations: Six Nationalities Presented in Six Photographs” [Marocanians, German POWs, Belgians, Polish, Russian, British] Page 3 - “Before and After: Even the Armies Abroad Have Their Beauty Parlors” [Russians with haircuts; English prisoners in camp; French farmer in field; photographs copyright by Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - “Where Alabama Iron Is Converted into Steel” / “The Great Ensley Steel Works of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, from Which Steel Rails, Bars and Shapes Are Sent to All Parts of the World.” - “Preliminary Events of Alabama Tennis Association on Courts of Birmingham Country Club [photograph by Birmingham View Company] - “A Glimpse of the Business Section of Birmingham from the Crest of Red Mountain.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Birmingham Age-Herald, November 14, 1915 Page 1 - “On the Banks of the Danube River” [Serbian camp; photograph copyright by International Film Service] - “Miss Julia Shackelford” / “The Pretty Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shackelford.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Beautiful Norwood Boulevard” / “The Twin Sister of Highland Avenue.” Page 2 - “English Made Rifles Captured from the Russians in Poland by the Germans” [photograph copyright by International Press Exchange] - “Indian Troopers Fighting Under the Banner of King George Say Prayers” [photograph by Paul Thompson]
Page 3 - “Russian Priests Bestow Personal Blessings Upon Soldiers for Deeds of Valor” [Russian soldiers, army equipment, Polish couple, civilians; photographs copyright by Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - “A Steamboat Race on the Warrior River: Other Pictures of Interest” / “A Race on the Warrior River on the Occasion of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Excursion to Lock 17.” - “Little Kathryn Barrett.” - “‘Miss Fancy,’ the Elephant Presented to the Children of Birmingham by the Age-Herald, Out for Her Morning Walk in the Avondale Zoo, with Her Keeper, Dayton Allen.” - “Jane Barrett on Her Pony ‘Jingle Bell.’” - “Lincoln Newfield, 4-Year-Old Son of Rabbi and Mrs. Morris Newfield.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, November 21, 1915 Page 1 - “Placing a Torpedo Aboard an American Submarine” [copyright by E. Muller, Jr.] Page 2 - “Sweden’s Great Cripple Exchange, an Armless Russian for a Legless German.” Page 3 - “Laying the Keel of the First Electrically Driven Battleship in the U.S.” [battleship; Great Arrow Rock Dam in Iowa; Mirza Assad Ullah (Persian peace advocate) and family; President Wilson at cornerstone laying in Great Arlington Amphitheatre in Washington; photographs copyright by Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Birmingham Age-Herald, November 28, 1915 Page 1 - “Young Men Appointed as Officers Receive the Blessings of the Church” [photograph copyright by the Universal Syndicate] - “Miss Mallie Moughon” / “The Attractive Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moughon.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Mrs. Charles B. Whitworth” / “(Eleanor Graves Matthews) Whose Marriage in October Was One of the Most Brilliant Events in Birmingham Society” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “Thomas Atkins, Esq., of the British Army at Close Range: He’s a Good ‘Un” [photographs by Paul Thompson] Page 3 - “Fighters That Cannot Fight; Frenchmen in Germany, Germans in France” Page 4 - “Ensley Blast Furnaces, the Largest Group of Pig Iron Producers in Alabama, These Furnaces of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company Supply Iron for Steel Making at the Adjoining Steel Works.” - “The First Edgewater Coal Sent Down the Warrior River to New Orleans. Photograph on the Right Shows Unloading First Car of Tennessee Company Coal from Southern Railway Bridge Over Warrior River. Photograph on Left Shows the First Load of Edgewater Coal off for New Orleans by Self Propelling Barge. Contains 782 Tons.” - “Some Birmingham Skyscrapers, View Looking South on Twentieth Street from Third Avenue. Photograph by Oscar V. Hunt.” - Women’s fashion and advertisements
The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 5, 1915 Page 1 - “Why the Panama Canal Has Been Closed to Traffic Indefinitely” [landslide] - “A Group of Pretty Birmingham Debutantes” / “Reading from Left to Right (Top), Miss Gertrude Molton, Miss Dean Dillard, Miss Margaret Lowman; (Bottom) Miss Leila Robinson, Miss Sarah Collins, Miss Elizabeth Massey.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “Various Phases of the War Seen in Snapshots from the Front” [injured British; German searchlights in France; Austrian boulder piles; Russian Orthodox saint statue; French aerial bombs; Vedrines, French aviator] Page 3 - “New Monsters Now Replace Light Gun Even in Most Inaccessible Spots” Page 4 - “A Panorama of Kaulton, the Great Yellow Pine Lumber Mills of Alabama, Producing 50,000,000 Feet of Lumber Annually. It Makes a Specialty of Rift Sawed Yellow Pine Flooring.” - “The Great Log Pond and Train Ready to Unload Into It.” - “The Imposing Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lee C. Bradley, at Idlewild.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 12, 1915 Page 1 - “A Picture Full of Pathos—Devout Allied Soldiers at Prayer for Victory” - “Mrs. Frank Walker Smith” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Mrs. A. M. Throckmorton and Daughters” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “Where the French Have Been Regaining Ground Lost Earlier in the War” Page 3 - “Brave Serbians Re-Enact Role of Greeks at Thermopylae” Page 4 - “Oscar W. Underwood in Oil” / “A Reproduction of a Painting Authorized by the Ways and Means Committee for the Committee Room in Washington. The Painting Was Executed by the Eminent Young Artist, Michel Jacobs.” - “Miss Elizabeth Harding, Daughter of W. P. G. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board.” - “Class in Costume Design at the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute at Montevallo.” - “An Invitation to a Stroll. Scene in Behrens Park.” [photograph by Terreson] - “Great Sport on the Alabama Gulf. A Day’s Catch at Ralston Hotel, Coden, Ala.” [photograph by Boyle] - “Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar C. Wells at Mountain Terrace. Mr. Wells Is President of the First National Bank of Birmingham.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 19, 1915 Page 1 - “Virgin of the Angels” [painted by E. Sonrel; copyright by Braun & Co., New York and Paris] Page 2 - “The Kiddies’ Day of Days, When Mr. Santa Claus Comes to Town” [from Kodak Snapshots; courtesy of the Eastman Kodak Company] Page 3 - “When King Winter Rules in Good Old Fashioned Xmas Style” [park in Boston after snow storm; photographs copyrighted by E. S. Jones, Boston] Page 4 - “A Scene at Alabama’s Great Seaport. Loading Cross-Ties at the Docks in Mobile for Europe.” - “Miss Florence Coffin.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Source of Birmingham’s Wealth, Masses of Iron Ore on the Crest of Red Mountain.” - “Roguth Tipple on Red Mountain Used for Loading Iron Ore from Surface Mining.” - “Excursion Steamer Carney Going at Full Speed on the Warrior River.” [photograph by Terreson] - “A Natural Stone Bridge Near Hamilton, Ala., 60 Feet High, 30 Feet Long and Broad Enough for a Wagon to cross.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 26, 1915 Page 1 - “I Am the Resurrection” [painting by C. Arnold Slade of Massachusetts] Page 2 - “How the Yuletide Message is Carried to Men on the Firing Line” Page 3 - “Teuton Army Invading Serbia Halts for Mid-Day Meal and Rest” - “War’s Horrors Forgotten in Picturesque German Birthday Celebration” Page 4 - “A Busy Scene on a Busy Street in Busy Birmingham” - “Mrs. Oscar Underwood (Bertha Underwood), Wife of Senator Underwood of Alabama, One of the Most Charming and Popular Women in the South.” [photograph by Harris & Ewing, Washington] - “Front View of the Dormitory at the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute at Montevallo.” - “Turbo Generators at Rail Mill of the Tennessee Company at Ensley a Striking Example of Cleanliness and Order.” - “Some of the Age-Herald Family on a Picnic at Bracewood, on Shades Mountain.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, January 2, 1916 Page 1 - “A Contribution from Far Away Australia Marching to the Docks in Sydney.” [copyright Underwood & Underwood] - “Mrs. B. F. Wilkerson” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Miss Pattie Rena Shepherd” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] Page 2 - “Switzerland an Armed Camp in Spite of Nation’s Neutrality” Page 3 - “A Zeppelin Raider Caught in the Act; Other Snapshots from the Front” [British gas masks; German census of Polish citizens; British first aid; Japanese gun captured in Russia; wounded Austrian on Alpine pass] Page 4 - “Birmingham Places and People in Rotogravure” - “Miss Margaret Gage.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Miss Hetty Sibley, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sibley.” - “A Night Scene as a Run of Molten Iron is Made at Sloss-Sheffield City Furnaces in Birmingham.” - “A Scene in a Cotton Field Near York, Alabama.” [photograph by Turner Studio] - “Frank Kenney Exum, the Handsome Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. Culpepper Exum.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “Lestra Kinney Exum, the Lovely Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Culpepper Exum.” [photograph by Stephenson Studio] - “A Stretch of Roadway to the Crest of Red Mountain.” - “President James A. Farrell of United States Steel Corporation, and George G. Crawford, President Tennessee Company at Woodward.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, January 9, 1916 Page 1 - “Assembling One of the Famous Big Austrian Guns in the Smoke of Battle.” - “Members of the Paint and Powder Club in Their ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Costumes.” / “Jane Barrett, Virginia Foster, Lily Porter, Margery Fox, Pauline Maben, Julia Drennan, Edward W. Barrett, Jr., and Virginia Kaul, Who Recently Presented the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ for the Benefit of Neighborhood House” / “Little Jane Barrett as Fairy Flower-dew in ‘The Sleeping Beauty.’” [photographs by Baird] Page 2 - “Justify Gen. Joffre’s ‘Nibbling’ Tactics in Captured German Trenches” - “A Scene of Utter Ruin and Desolation in One of the Balkan States.” Page 3 - “New Portraits of Men Who Have Been Making History in the Great War” - “New Portraits of the Beautiful Queen of Italy and Her Charming Children” Page 4 - “Pictures of Interest to Birmingham People.” / Mrs. Culpepper Exum.” [photograph by Stephenson] / “A Birmingham Belle, Miss Rose Owen McDavid.” / “Mrs. Henry Lee Badham, One of Society’s Popular Favorites.” [photograph by Mareau, New York]; “‘What’ll I Do Next?’ Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eddy’s Pomeranian Pup.” - “A Group of Enthusiastic Golfers at the Birmingham Country Club, Composed of Miss Donnelly, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Matthew Murphy, Mrs. Hubert Drennen, Mrs. Robert Thach, Miss Serena Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Charles F. Debardeleben, Mrs. Crawford Johnson, Mrs. E. M. Kilby, Mrs. Walker Percy, and Mrs. Paul Chalifoux.” - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, January 16, 1916 Page 1 - “‘Her Cross’” [painting by Lawson Wood] - “Beautiful Vosges Woods Make Attractive Retreat for German Reserves” Page 2 - “Wrecked on the Pacific Coast by the Elements and by the Hand of Man” [Steamship Santa Clara, coast of Oregon (surf); Great Northern S. S. Minnesota, machinery tampered with (possibly by German sympathizers)] Page 3 - “Some New and Unusual Phases of the Great War in Europe” [soldiers, weapons, activities] Page 4 - “Miss Josephine Johnson” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Mrs. Leroy Percy (Martha Susan Phinizy of Athens, Ga.)” - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, April 16, 1916 Page 1 - “Typical Followers of Francisco Villa” - “A Group of Attractive Birmingham Children” / “Left to Right: Margaret Walker, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Walker; Robert D. Johnson III; lexander F. Garber, Jr., and Eugene Keenan Garber, Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Garber; Andrew Carnegie Ramsay, Jr.; Lathrop Winchester Smith, Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur Smith.” [photograph by Stephenson] Pages 2 and 3 - “Zeppelin Raids on Paris—The Havoc of Burstin Shell and Protective Measures Instituted by French War Department Against Invaders” Page 4 - “Mrs. Bertram A. Fox and Her Pretty Little Daughter Lillian.” [photograph by O’Connor] - “Eleanor Marchant Kilby, Mr and Mrs. Kilby’s Attractive Little Girl.” [photograph by Knox] - “Herbert Tutwiler, Jr.” [photograph by Stephenson] - Mrs. Price Kimbrough (Sophie Murphy) of Greensboro, Who Is a Frequent Visitor to Birmingham.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Isaac Croom Beatty, III, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Croom Beatty, Jr.” [photograph by O’Connor) - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, May 21, 1916 Page 1 - “Who Wouldn’t Join the United States Army?” [nurses] - “Old Glory Waves Over Another $7,000,000 Floating Fortress of Steel” [U.S. Superdreadnought Oklahoma] Page 2 - “Incidents and Personalities of the ‘Real Thing’ in the Old World” [British, Dutch, Russian, German, and Italian—including Winston Churchill in uniform; Underwood & Underwood; International Film Service] Page 3 - “‘London Nights in War Time,’ as Pictured by Joseph Pennell.” Page 4 - “Some of the Participants in Shakespearean Pageant at the Birmingham High School.” [photograph by Turner Studio] - “Milkmaid Dancing Group Which Took Part in Birmingham High School Shakespearean Pageant.” [photograph by Turner Studio] - “Miss Will Jemison and Miss Beatrice Tate as Perdita and Florizel in ‘Winter’s Tale,’ Presented at Margaret Allen School in Birmingham.” [photograph by Hunt] - “Miss Minna Ethel Lombard of Clarksville, Miss., a Lovely Southern Belle.” - “Miss Natalie Lenk as Rosalind in ‘As You Like It,’ Presented at Margaret Allen School During Shakespeare Week in Birmingham.” [photograph by Hunt]
The Birmingham Age-Herald, May 28, 1916 Page 1 - “In Paris in April—‘Peaceful,’ but the Airship Brings News of a Raid.” - “Miss Anne Franklin, One of Birmingham’s Popular Belles.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “‘The Perfect Drive.’” / “Modeled by Miss Geneva Mercer, a Pupil of G. Moretti. This Alabama Girl’s Talent Was First Brought to Mr. Moretti’s Attention by the Late Miss Julia Tutwiler. Statuette Now on Exhibition at American Academy of Design in New York.” - “Miss Nell Cosby of Birmingham” [photograph by J. F. Knox] Page 2 - “‘Rookies’ in Skirts at the Military Training Camp Near Washington” Page 3 - “Scenes in the New World Which Tend Toward the ‘Real Thing’” [U.S. activities on (and preparing for) Mexican border; wounded member of 24th U.S. Infantry (Colored)] Page 4 - “Beautiful Women of Birmingham in Rotogravure” / “Miss Mabel Marler of Birmingham.” [photograph by Stephenson] / “Miss Carrie Kent of Birmingham, an Attractive Birmingham Belle.” [photograph by Stephenson] / “Miss Beverley Leake of Birmingham, a Popular Birmingham Belle.” [photograph by Stephenson] / “Miss Elizabeth Wyman, an Attractive Birmingham Belle.” [photograph by J. F. Knox] / “Mrs. William Vaughan, Jr., of Birmingham, One of Birmingham’s Most Charming Matrons.” [photograph by J. F. Knox]
The Birmingham Age-Herald, June 4, 1916 Page 1 - “Mexican Men, Women and Children Searching for Villa” [photograph by Underwood & Underwood] - “Miss Josephine Evins” / “Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hopkins in Her Skating Costume Worn at the Charity Ball.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Maxine Boxer” / “The Lovely Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Max Boxer of Birmingham.” [photograph by Southland Studio] - “Miss Carrie Yates of Birmingham” / “One of Birmingham’s Most Attractive Belles.” [photograph by Stephenson] Page 2 - “These Are the ‘Rookies’ in Khaki Skirts, High Boots and Army Hats, Who Are Spending Thirty Days at the National Service School for Women” - “Camera Records of Martial Scenes on Both Sides of the Ocean” [photographs by Underwood & Underwood, International Film Service, and Press Illustrating Service] Page 3 - “Harvard Men with the American Ambulance ‘Somewhere in France’” - “Excerpts from the Entertaining Continued Story of Feminine Life” [photograph by Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - “The Water Supply of Birmingham” / “One of the Most Complete Systems in This Country.” / “Pumping Station, Cahaba River.” / “Lake Purdy Dam, Height 40 Feet.” / “Lake Purdy, Whence Comes Birmingham’s Water Supply.” / “Filtering Plant, Shades Mountain.” - “John W. Weeks” / “United States senator from Massachusetts and an Active Candidate for the Presidency.” - “Maurice Caheen, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Caheen of Birmingham.” - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, June 18, 1916 Page 1 - “Scenes from the Great Centennial Pageant and Masque at Tuscaloosa, Ala.” / “First White Settlers in Tuscaloosa, 1816.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] / “Dance of the Oreades (Wood Nymphs).” [photograph by Oak City Studio] / “Mrs. Charles M. Fitts, Guest at Wedding in 1865.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] / “Miss Ola Davis as ‘Mother Earth’ in the Masque.” [photograph by Turner] / “Spanish Forces of Hernando De Soto, Who Met Chief Tusck-ka-lusa in 1540.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] / “Dance of the Coal and Fire Spirits.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] / “Mrs. Sam F. Clabough as ‘Education’ in the Masque.” / “School Children Section of Industrial, Commercial, and Educational Parade.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] / “‘An Interrupted Wedding’—Federal Troops in 1865 Broke up the Wedding Feast and Carried Away Capt. Carpenter, the Groom, a Prisoner.” [photograph by Birmingham View Company] Page 2 - “Views of Great Confederate Reunion Parade in Birmingham.” / “The Parade Required Three Hours to Pass the Reviewing Stand. The Entire Route Was Guarded by Boy Scouts with Lines. Thousands of the Veterans Marched the 15 Blocks on Foot. Other Thousands Were on Horses and in Automobiles.” / “Richmond Blues and Alabama National Guard Swinging Into First Avenue and Nineteenth Street.” / “Portion of the 10,000 School Children Who Took Part in the Parade.” Page 3 - “Lillian Russell” - “Geraldine Farrar” - “Helen Gould and the Littlest One” - “Theodore Roosevelt” Page 4 - “Mrs. Shirley Harris (Eula Whatley) of Birmingham.” [photograph by J. F. Knox] - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, July 2, 1916 Page 1 - “Officers, Gentlemen and Upholders of the Honor of American President Wilson at West Point” [photograph by Underwood & Underwood] - “One the Garden Wall, Sweetest Girl of All” / “Alfreda Muckle and Richard Muckle, Jr., Children of Richard Muckle of Greensboro, Ala.” / “An Exciting Ride Before Breakfast.” - “Louise Carolyn Morgan” / “Miss Louise Carolyn Morgan of Columbus, Miss., One of the Most Popular Belles at the Recent Confederate Reunion in Birmingham, Ala. Miss Morgan Was Sponsor for Forrest’s Cavalry.” Page 2 - “The Fleets at War—The Great Game of Hide and Seek in the North Sea” - “Commencement Functions at the Preparedness School at Annapolis” Page 3 - “Society Girls of the Emergency Service Corps in Camp in New Jersey.” [photograph by Underwood & Underwood] Page 4 - “A Group of Attractive Birmingham Children” / “Robert Ingersoll Ingalls, Jr.” / “Margaret Felton Peters” / “Louis Lee Sanderford” / “Elmer William Heinze, Jr.” / “Florence Riley” / “James Overton Ferrell and Chiles Clifton Ferrell” / “E. M. Cranford, Jr.” - “The Wesley Class of the First Methodist Church of Woodlawn, Alabama.” / “Reading from Left to Right, Top Row: Mrs. J. E. Brazeal, Mrs. H. M. Taylor, Mrs. Ada Collier, Mrs. Grant Nelson, Mrs. S. W. Woodin, Miss Laura DeBardeleben. Third Row: Mrs. W. L. Pool, Mrs. Charles W. Hall, Mrs. O. B. Sternberg, Mrs. W. H. Whaley, Mrs. C. H. Skinner of Kentucky, Mrs. T. F. Stewart, Mrs. E. J. Dawson, Mrs. James G. Davis. Second Row: Mrs. W. E. Swan, Mrs T. F. Vest, Mrs. E. E. Williams, Mrs. C. E. Stanley, Mrs. D. W. Pickens, Mrs. J. D. DeRamus, Mrs. J. B. Mosley, Mrs. T. D. Spradley, Mrs. T. S. Atkinson, Mrs. J. H. Nunnelly. First Row: Mrs. H. B. McLaurine, Mrs. C. J. Malloy, Mrs. J. D. Robertson, Mrs. J. L. Crumley, Mrs. Robert Echols, Mrs. C. H. Nesbitt, Mrs. D. A. Rippy.
The Birmingham Age-Herald, July 16, 1916 Page 1 - “‘The Spirit of ’76, Expressed in the Stirring Strains of “Yankee Doodle.”’” [painting by Archibald M. Willard, 1876] Page 2 - “Scenes and Incidents of the Turmoil on the Border” [Mexico] Page 3 - “A Camera Exposition of the Situation in Mexico” Page 4 - “Millions of Tons of Water Pour Over the Dam at Lock 17 on the Warrior River with Scarcely a Sound.” [photograph by Terreson] - “June, the Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Anderson.” - Women’s fashion
July 30, 1916 Page 1 - “Birmingham Citizen Soldiery Leave for the Mexican Frontier.” / “In Solemn Lines Thousands Bade the Boys Godspeed.” / “Some of the Crowd Present to Say Farewell.” / “Battery C Awaiting Orders to March.” / “Battery C, Mrs. Lewis Underwood and Oscar Underwood, Jr.” Page 2 - “Aerial Warfare Pictured by Photographers from the Sky” [photograph by Underwood & Underwood] Page 3 - “Damage Done by the Mobile Hurricane.” / “At Turner Harwell Docks in Mobile. / “Bay Steamer Pleasure Bay, Near Pinto Docks, Mobile.” / “In Monroe Park, Near Mobile.” / “Scene in Bienville Square.” - Women’s fashion Page 4 - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, August 6, 1916 Page 1 - “‘Those of the Other War’—With Germany in 1870—Hear Tidings from Verdun” [picture by J. Simont] - “Sylvan Retreats Constructed by Germans Back of Their Battle Line” Page 2 - “Pictorial Records from Both the Main Roads and the By-Paths of Life” [soldiers and civilians, U.S. preparedness activities; photographs by L. F. Rankins and Underwood & Underwood] Page 3 - “Along the Border, Now Guarded by Uncle Sam’s ‘Militia Regulars’” [photographs by Underwood & Underwood and International Film Service]
Page 4 - “Future Belles and Beaux of Alabama” / “Frank Calvin Smith Jr. of Vincent” / “Elizabeth Power of Greensboro” / “Alliee Lillian Holt of Birmingham” / “Homer Reid Hadley of Montevallo” / “John McQueen Guttery Jr. of Jasper” [photograph by Stevenson] - “Dr. and Mrs. George A. O’Connell and Their Attractive Children. Dr. O’Connell Is Chief Surgeon of the Alabama National Guard, with the Rank of Major.” [photograph by Stevenson]
The Birmingham Age-Herald, August 13, 1916 Page 1 - “United States Navy in Mimic Warfare Practices the Arts of Attack and Defence” Page 2 - “When the Allies Assumed the Offensive on the Western Front” [photograph by International Film Service] Page 3 - “Persons and Incidents That Figure in the News” [soldiers, POWs, equipment, Blackburn College (Carlinville, Illinois)] Page 4 - “Attractive Alabama Children” / “Marjorie Connell of Birmingham.” / “Lawrence Webb Zbinden of Woodlawn.” / “Thelma McElrath of Birmingham.” / “Rosa Mae Holtem of East Lake.” / “Harriet Doster of Birmingham.” - “Official Photographs of the Expeditionary Force in Mexico to Capture Villa.” [motor truck train] - “Mrs. Samuel B. Sterne (Minna Holzer), One of Birmingham’s Attractive Matrons.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, August 20, 1916 Page 1 - “After Two Years the Great Catastrophe Still Engulfs Half the World” Page 2 - “‘Tom Brown’s Back at Sing Sing; Each Dan Has a Daniel; Youthful Rookies” [new soldiers, movie lion and leopard training, prison parade; photographs by Underwood & Underwood and Paul Thompson] Page 3 - “Uncle Sam’s Texas Headquarters—The U.S. Army Camp at San Antonio” [photograph by Press Illustrating Service, Boston Photo News Company) Page 4 - Women’s fashion
The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 3, 1916 Page 1 - “An English Terror of the Seas Overhauls a Fishing Smack” [submarine; photograph by International Film Service] - “Battery C (Jefferson Artillery) Lined Up in Front of the Tutwiler” [photograph by Henry G. Baird] / “This Organization Is Known as the Crack Field Battery of Alabama and Should Give a Good Account of Itself on Border Duty. The Boys Left Birmingham June 26. C. Powell Nolan, Captain, Is Seen on the Sidewalk on the Extreme Left of the Picture.” Page 2 - “…[Scene]s from the Fascinating Drama of Life” [Austrian dugout church, Australian relay, British canteen, Australian jam making, American cemetery luncheon]
The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 17, 1916 Page 1 - “Happy Tommy Atkins in a Captured German Dugout” [photograph by International Film Services] - “Miss Maybeth Beddow” [photograph by O’Connor] / “Miss Maybeth Beddow, One of Birmingham’s Attractive Belles.” - “Mrs. E. W. Brownell” / “Mrs. E. W. Brownell of Birmingham and Her Little Son, E. W. Brownell, Jr.” Page 2 - “Mexico’s Pacific Coast, Unimproved, but Coveted by Many Nations” Page 3 - “Nothing Is Too Good for the Soldier Boys When They Get Back Home” Page 4 - “England’s Women Do Most of the Labor in the Fields” - “Mrs. E. L. Russell (Margaret T. Billups) of Mobile, Ala., One of the Most Noted Teachers in the Moody Bible Institute.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 8, 1916 Page 1 - “Russian Army Lands in Cosmopolitan Salonica” - “Miss Nelle Cosby” / “A Pretty Birmingham Belle, Who After Oct. 25th Will Be Mrs. Cecil D. Gaston.” - “Miss Belle Wilkins” / “A Lovely Selma, Ala., Belle, Who Will on Oct. 10, Become Mrs. Chandler Cox Younge.” Page 2 - “Interesting Personalities; Fashionable Diversions; a Brave Queen” [president’s grandchildren; children of prominent American politicians; outdoor dramas; queen of Holland] Page 3 - “Labor’s Big Day in Birmingham, September 4, 1916” [photographs by Baird] / “Some of the Most Attractive Floats in the Big Labor Day Parade in Birmingham.” Page 4 - “Attractive Birmingham Children” / “Cassius Miller Stanley, Jr.” [photograph by Stephenson]; “Katherine Ozburn.” / “Jane Earl Moore.” / “Lila Greet Stanley.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Annie Beales Sanders, the Pretty Little Daughter of Col. and Mrs. W. T. Sanders of Athens, Ala.” [photograph by Stephenson]
The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 15, 1916 Page 1 - “In the Heart of the Ancient World” [photograph by International Film Service] - “Mrs. Frances Arnold DeBardeleben” [photograph by Stephenson] / “One of Birmingham’s Loveliest Women.” - “Mrs. Bradley Johnson Saunders” [photograph by Stephenson] / “A Charming Birmingham Matron” Page 2 - “On the Texas Border and Along the Battle Lines of Europe” Page 3 - “Scenes Upon All the Sectors of ‘The Iron Ring’ Surrounding Germany” Page 4 - “Miss Adele Overton Davidson, One of the Prettiest Belles of Unionton [sic], Ala.” - “Miss Bland Boardman of Birmingham.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Miss Helen Eubank, One of Birmingham’s Loveliest Belles.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Miss Fannie Dunn, One of Birmingham’s Popular Belles.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Mrs. Richard F. Lussier (Mildred Jaffe) of Birmingham, a Recent Attractive Bride.” - “Mrs. Jo Douglass Williams of Birmingham.” [photograph by Stephenson]
The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 22, 1916 Page 1 - “Homeless German Children Cared for and Fed by Society” - “Mrs. George D. Reynolds” - “Mrs. Morris R. Johnson of Ensley, Alabama” [photograph by Knox] Page 2 - “The Fighting Men Get All They Can of Sport and Rest Even at the Front” Page 3 - “The Astor Mansion, Soon Again to Be the Centre of Fashionable Gayety” Page 4 - “Mrs. M. P. Mellon, A Popular Ensley, Ala., Matron.” - “Mrs. A. H. Lathem of Birmingham, Sister of May Allison, the Well Known Moving Picture Star Who Plays Opposite Harold Lockwood.” [photograph by Stephenson] - “Mrs. Houston Davis of Birmingham.” - “Mrs. James C. Garber (Bessie Evans) of Birmingham.” - “Mrs. Albert P. Bush (Marcia Burgess), One of the Most Popular Matrons of Mobile, Ala.” - “Mrs. DeVane Jones (Alice Jons) of Tuscalosa.” - “Mrs. Chappell Cory, One of Birmingham’s Prominent Matrons.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, October 29, 1916 Page 1 - “Miss Frances Leonora Golightly, a Pretty Birmingham (Alabama) Belle” Pages 2 and 3 - Women’s fashion
Page 4 - “The Officers of the Alabama Brigade” [photograph by Boland of Montgomery, Alabama] - “William Irwin Grubb, Jr., the Handsome Little Son of Judge and Mrs. William I. Grubb of Birmingham.” - “The Most Up-to-Date and Modern Pharmacy in the City, Situated at Five Points.” - “Miss Maude Adams, America’s Foremost Actress.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 31, 1916 Page 1 “French Troopers Wait Orders in a Peaceful Village Street” “A Picture Gallery of Fair Women” / “Mrs. Albert Joseph Day (Myra Agnes Long) of Birmingham.” / “Mrs. Walter Blaney (Annie Blinn Donnelly) of Cincinnati, One of Birmingham’s Autumn Brides.” [photograph by Stephenson] / “Mrs. Zemria O. Riddle of Huffman, Ala.” [photograph by Stephenson] / “Willie May Lillard Bumstead, the Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Bumstead of Birmingham.” Page 2 “Grimly Through the Holiday Season Goes on the World of the…”
The Birmingham News / The Birmingham Age-Herald, August 10, 1930 Page 1 - “Roderick D. MacKenzie, the artist, whose residence is in Mobile.” - “On this page are photographs of the eight paintings of the state capitol building at Montgomery. They portray in chronological order a few of the outstanding historical events in the history of Alabama. The subjects were suggested by Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owens [sic], director of the State Archives of History.” Page 2 - “This is a remarkably fine picture of Billy Veazley and Jane Anne Bartee, who appeared in a recent play at the Central Park Methodist Church.” - “The building of the training school, which is considered the heart of the State Teachers College at Livingston, is a modern edifice, embodying the best ideas in up-to-date school architecture. It is a one-story building, containing 12 classrooms and two offices. The school buildings with the large, shady trees, makes a very attractive picture.” - “Below are shown four stars from the Perre Dale Studio of Dancing in an interesting pose. They are Violet Nappi, Gene Harris, Norma Fink and Josephine Harris.” - “Here are the entries in the ‘Pageant of Progress’ snapped on top of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel. The honors of the contest, which was sponsored by the Kamram Grotto, went to Miss Billie Bennington, who is shown on the extreme right.” - “Here is Frederick Ingram and his chow dog, ‘Chang,’ who represented Tarrant City playgrounds at the [?] playground pet show held recently.” - “Here are the members of a Tom Thumb wedding, which was held recently at the First Methodist Church in Cullman, Ala.” - Women’s fashion
Page 3 - “Jefferson County’s magnificent new courthouse is the newest addition to Birmingham’s growing skyline. The huge bulk of the white edifice may be seen from every reach of the city. Two advanced buildings are now grouped together at Birmingham’s civic center—the public library and the new courthouse. To the right is a closeup of the modernistic façade over which are the lines ‘Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever persuasion.’” Page 4 - “The hotter the weather, the more girls from Birmingham hie off to the water for a refreshing swim. Here is a group at the Cahaba Golf and Country Club pool ready for their daily dip” [photograph by Walter Rosser] - “Above are Jim Kearney, Bill Bullock, Kent Knight and Charles Wogelin of Birmingham, with a day’s catch of black fish caught at Fort Morgan recently. It was quite a day’s catch.” - Women’s fashion