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A Friday, March 28, 1919 Florence Times report that at 2 am "on Tuesday morning last," TM Rogers of Rogers Dept. Store in Florence, being awakened by…
This is a newspaper advertisement for Mr. J.A.M. Kelly's boarding house in Florence, opposite the John F. Slater School.
This is a newspaper ad for W.W. Handy's shoe shop on Sixth Street in Tuscumbia, promoted as the "Leading Colored Shoe Shop."
This is a newspaper article about the extension school for African American farmers and the Pure Seed Corn contest that was held in March of 1918.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) started in 1933 and helped to bring electricity to the Shoals area. The TVA also converted nitrate producing…
This is a business directory from Tuscumbia in 1920. The African American businesses are denoted with an asterisk.
This is a business directory from Sheffield in 1920. The African American businesses are denoted with an asterisk.
This is a business directory from Florence in 1920. The African American businesses are denoted with an asterisk.
This is a business directory from Tuscumbia in 1913. The African American businesses are denoted with asterisks.
This is a business directory from Sheffield in 1913. The African American businesses are denoted with an asterisk.
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A Nest of Thieves
Mr. J.A.M. Kelly's boarding house in Florence
W.W. Handy shoe shop, Tuscumbia: "The Leading Colored Shoe Shop"
"Extension School for Colored Farmers"
John T. Bulls, TVA test demonstration farmer
Tuscumbia African American businesses, 1920
Sheffield African American businesses, 1920
Florence African American businesses, 1920
Tuscumbia African American businesses, 1913
Sheffield African American businesses, 1913