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Collection: Rotogravure Sections from Birmingham, Alabama, Newspapers, 1915-1930 Call Number: LPP111 Container List 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
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