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Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.
Antique postcard from the private collection of Valerie Mockaitis. Published by/for T. J. Mattox Cigar and Tobacco Co. Montgomery, ALA. circa 1910. Made in U.S.A.

The cupola is topped with four finials around what looks like the flagstaff it has today. This image has the 1905 south wing addition but does not have the north wing that was added in 1911.

 
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State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.
Antique postcard published circa 1905.

The 1905 south wing addition is not obvious in this view, so it might not have been built yet. The gray dome and tan trim are probably a result of artistic interpretation by the postcard artist.

 
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Montgomery, Ala. New State Capitol
Antique postcard published circa 1905 by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Printed in Germany.

This is an interestingly inaccurate view of this capitol. The dome is too shallow, and it is red as it was for only a few years after the building's 1850 construction, yet the 1905 south wing and 1911 north wing are both shown. The pediment over the main entrance and the domes over the wings with their flagstaffs never existed, and the white Alabama marble building is shown with tan accents, except for the wing on the right.

 
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Central Alabama Female College
Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Antique postcard published circa 1920.

Built 1827 - 1829, this was the Alabama state capitol from 1829 to 1846. It housed the Alabama Central Female College after that, and it burned in 1923. A very similar image is on the postcard below.

 
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Old Capitol Building Now Alabama Central Female College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Black and white, UB antique postcard published circa 1900 by a company in Brooklyn, NY. Postmarked 1905.

This undivided back postcard carries messages from two different people in the generous margins on the front. This is a very early card design.

 
 
 

The Alabama State Capitol. Montgomery, Ala.
Antique postcard published circa 1905 by
Raphael Tuck & Sons. Printed in England.

With added color in the trees and sky, this is a typically lovely portrayal of a state capitol by Tuck. Notice the color of the dome. The images on this page show the dome as white, gray, red, and now green.

  Antique Tuck Postcard
 
  Drawing of original plan

Original design of Alabama State Capitol
1846 drawing, presumably by Stephen D. Button, Capitol Architect.

Quite a lot changed between the execution of this drawing and the capitol construction.

 
 
 

Montgomery, Alabama City View.
Sepia photograph dated 4-2-1867.

This photo gives a good indication of why the clock over the capitol entrance was installed to be the town clock. All of the main street has a view of the clock on Goat Hill.

  Sepia photograph
 
  Sepia photograph

Alabama State Capitol
Sepia photograph circa 1915.

Finally the capitol looks like it does today, with completed north and south wings and a flag flying above the dome. It looks like the ring of black ornamentation that is now around the base of the cupola is shown here on the rim of the cupola roof.

 
 
 

The Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.
Antique postcard published circa 1905.

This view appears to be done in sepia, but is likely a black-and-white photo that has colored with age.

  Alabama capitol original building
 
  Capitol and state seal

Alabama State Capitol. Montgomery, Ala.
Antique, embossed postcard published circa 1905 by S. Langsdorf & Co. Publishing, New York, N. Y. Made in Germany.

This postcard is from a set of views of the 45 state capitols of the time. They were likely sold in packets of 45 with one of each capitol.

 
 
 

"Violet" Alabama State Flower
State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.

Antique postcard. Copyright 1908 by Williamson-Haffner Co., Denver.

The verse reads:

Fair Alabama richly blest,
Your name meaneth, "Here we rest,"
Endowed with Nature's treasures rare,
The violet is your emblem fair.

  Alabama state flower and state capitol
 
  Educational series postcard

Capitol, at Montgomery.
Antique, educational series postcard.
Copyright 1906 by E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee.

The caption reads:

Alabama, Area, 52,250 Square Miles.
Admitted to the Union, Dec. 14, 1819.

 
 


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Telling Them Apart, Prominent Decorations
What's On Top, Flagstaffs (on domes)
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