This 1904 photo is of a large group having a picnic at the small community of Philema just inside Lee County. The group rode the Albany & Northern Railway to get to the picnic.
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– February 5, 2012Posted in: Vintage Albany
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Vintage Albany
– January 30, 2012Posted in: Vintage Albany
This undated photo is from an old Little Theatre production (now Theatre Albany) of the musical South Pacific. The play was based on a book by James A. Michener and the music was written by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. The photo was posted on the Facebook group Vintage Albany, Georgia by a group member.
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Vintage Albany
– January 22, 2012Posted in: Vintage Albany
This photo was taken of a parlor inside the old Victorian version of The New Albany Hotel on Pine in 1904. The hotel was later replaced with the current building which is now called Albany Heights. This is one of many historic photos found on the Facebook group, Vintage Albany, Georgia.
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Vintage Albany
– January 16, 2012Posted in: Vintage Albany
This undated photo shows the Skeet shooting complex at Radium Springs. The photo was submitted to the Facebook group Vintage Albany, Georgia and was part of the Mary Alford Faulk Photo collection.
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Vintage Albany
– January 4, 2012Posted in: Vintage Albany
This pretty scene is of Central Baptist Church taken from across Pine Lake. The photo was taken after a rare snow in Albany on Jan. 31, 1977 by a Vintage Albany member.
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Vintage Albany
– December 23, 2011Posted in: Vintage Albany
This bus was nicknamed the “Big Chief” by students at AHS back in the 1960’s. The “A” football team got to ride in the Big Chief, the B team rode in another bus. This is one of nearly 3,000 images found on the Facebook group, Vintage Albany Georgia.
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Vintage Albany
– December 16, 2011Posted in: Vintage Albany
Averette Snipes (right center) with the BudweiserClydesdale Horses circa 1956 or ’57. Businessman Wilder Aultman let the Clydesdale horses board in his dealership next to Highland school during the visit here. At the time this photo was taken Mr. Snipes and his wife ran the Magic Market at 8th and Slappey. A short time later, Mr. Snipes bought the “Jot ‘em Down” curb store on Slappey. This is one of a collection of old photos that can be found on the Facebook group, Vintage Albany Georgia.
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Vintage Albany
– December 11, 2011Posted in: Vintage Albany
This match cover came from an old Albany Roadhouse from the 1940’s-1960’scalled the Black Cat. The black Cat was owned by Carson Knight. The roadhouse was considered mysterious by many youth at the time. It was known for good food, drinks, and even a few poker games in the back room. There was a juke box outside under some huge oak trees for dancing.
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Vintage Albany
– December 5, 2011Posted in: Vintage Albany
This sketch represents the Radium Springs Hotel that was to be built in Albany. The stock market crash of 1929 killed plans to build this structure. This and many other images about Albany can be found on Facebook in the Vintage Albany Georgia group.
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Vintage Albany
– November 28, 2011Posted in: Vintage Albany
This photo was taken at a Chicago Democratic dinner party in 1954, of Colonel Jake Arvey, States Attorney John Gutknecht, and Congressman William L. Dawson. William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) was an African American politician and lawyer in Chicago. Born in Albany, he graduated from Albany Normal School (which later became Albany State University) in 1905, magna cum laude from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1909, and then moved to Illinois in 1912 to study at Northwestern University Law School in Evanston. After his service in WWI, he was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced private law practice in Chicago. He started his political career as a member of the Republican Party in 1930; by 1933 Dawson had joined the Democratic Party and served in local Chicago politics until he was elected as a Democratic Representative from Illinois, serving from January 3, 1943 until his death in Chicago on November 9, 1970.
