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This is a newspaper article about Webb Coffee and his crop of wheat for the year 1872. According to Florence historian Lee Freeman: "Webb Coffee (ca.…
Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Wash Barnett, a black sharecropper on the Falk & Litten (Jewish merchants of Florence) farm in Colbert's…
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 grand opening of Bettie Hooks' beauty salon, Vogue House of Beauty.
This is a business directory from Tuscumbia 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 newspaper ad for the Tri-Cities Theater, a black theater managed by H.L. Fields.
This is a newspaper advertisement for Thompson and Son Funeral Home, with photos of the staff.
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Wilk Kernachan, cotton farmer
Webb Coffee and his "fine wheat"
Washboard
Wash Barnett and the first bale of cotton, 1872
W.W. Handy shoe shop, Tuscumbia: "The Leading Colored Shoe Shop"
Vogue House of Beauty grand opening
Tuscumbia African American businesses, 1920
Tuscumbia African American businesses, 1913
Tri-Cities Theater
Thompson and Son Funeral Home advertisement