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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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"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.
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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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