Alabama Mosaic
AlabamaMosaic, a cooperative venture by several organizations within the State, provides a large collection of historical photographs. Many of the photographs from the Huntsville - Madison County Public Library are available at this site.
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"Big Spring, Huntsville, Alabama 3. This image is a colorized photograph of Big Spring in Huntsville, Ala. Postcard text: (front) capacity 24, 000, 000 gallons daily; (back) John Hunt, the founder of Huntsville, in 1805, was the first white man to build his hut on the banks of Big Spring, and it was from this pioneer that Huntsville takes its name. Genuine Curtiech-Chicago C.T. art-colortone post card."Date: c 1930-1950Rights: "Alabama Mosaic; Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives"
