Girls' Dormitories, Auburn University 1
This image is a colorized photograph showing an aerial view of the girls' dormitories, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. Alabama Polytechnic Institute is the former name of Auburn University. Postcard folder text: (back) Souvenir folder of Auburn, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Classroom Building, Auburn University
This image is a colorized photograph showing a classroom building, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. Alabama Polytechnic Institute is the former name of Auburn University. Postcard folder text: (back) Souvenir folder of Auburn, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Dissection - 02 - intrinsic muscles of the back
Dissection - 02- intrinsic muscles of the back - vertebral column - spinal meninges - spinal cord WARNING! Not for the faint hearted!!
Birmingham High School Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama
This image is a black and white photograph assumed to be of a workshop/classroom at Birmingham High School in Birmingham, Alabama. There is nothing on the postcard to identify the scene. Handwritten on back: "Henry Stewart - B'ham High School, enter freshman, behind in English." Anyone with additional information is urged to contact the Auburn University Libraries Cataloging Dept. at caudlda@auburn.edu.
New Beach Hotel, Battles Wharf, Alabama 2
This image consists of three black and white photographs showing (top to bottom) Wildwood Cottage, "The House of Welcome," and Pinewood Cottage at the New Beach Hotel in Battles Wharf, Ala. Postcard text: (back) New Beach Hotel, Battles Wharf, Ala. "The House of Welcome" On eastern shore of Mobile Bay, famous summer and winter resort for the past 30 years. Modern, home-like and comfortable. Prices in keeping with the times.
Episcopal Church, Athens, Alabama
This image is a black and white photograph of the Episcopal Church in Athens, Ala.
Redstone Missile
This image is a color photograph of a United States Army Redstone missile sitting on a lauch pad at night at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsvillle, Ala.
Lake Scene in Alabama
This image is a color photgraph of a man and woman fishing in a motorboat on one of Alabama's lakes. There are trees along the lakeshore. Postcard text: (back) Curteichcolor.
Piecing It All Together
In this OLogy activity, kids learn why pottery is such a common and useful find during archaeological digs and then create their own pottery ruins. The activity begins with an overview that discusses the types of objects that are typically found during excavations, why pottery is a common discovery, and its various uses throughout history. Students are then given step-by-step illustrated directions for decorating a flowerpot, turning it into ruins, and then piecing it back together. The activity
Mobile Public Library, Mobile, Alabama
This image is a colorized photograph of the public library in Mobile, Ala.
Comer Hall, Auburn University 4
This image is a black and white photograph showing Comer Hall, the new Agriculture Building, A.P.I. [Alabama Polytechnic Institute], Auburn, Ala., circa 1909. Alabama Polytechnic Institute is the former name of Auburn University. Handwritten message (on back) postmarked July 27, 1909 [?].
Main Building/Samford Hall, Auburn University 3
This image is a color photograph of Samford Hall, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. Alabama Polytechnic Institute is the former name of Auburn University. Postcard text: (back) This view shows Samford Hall, named for the late Governor William J. Samford. It contains the president's and other offices, as well as classrooms.
Court House, Decatur, Alabama
This image is a black and white photograph of a court house, possibly in Decatur, Ala. Handwritten address (on back): Miss Kate Lane, Auburn, Ala., postmarked December 18, 1905.
Episode 16 – Be My Guest: A Day in Pompeii We humans have been posting our comments around the place for centuries. Mobile phones and Twitter may be the tools we use today, but back in 79 AD, the Romans recorded their opinions about life as graffiti on the walls of their cities. We know this because aspects of Roman life in Pompeii were preserved in the many metres of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. The evidence remains even after centuries of looting and unauthorised excavations. Over 200 artefacts are on
After work.
Encouraged by the government to back their men at the front
GPS Scavenger Hunt
Students go on a GPS scavenger hunt. They use GPS receivers to find designated waypoints and report back on what they found. They compute distances between waypoints based on the latitude and longitude, and compare with the distance the receiver finds.
Presbyterian Church/University Chapel, Auburn, Alabama
This image is a black and white photograph with a colorized background showing the Auburn, Alabama First Presbyterian Church's former sanctuary. The building was sold to Auburn University in the 1950s and is now known as the University Chapel.
Jug, spouted
A wheel-made clay jug with a ring base, globular body, narrow funnel shaped neck, flaring rim, handle from rim to shoulder, short broken spout on shoulder opposite handle in good condition. Painted black with three concentric bands in center of globular body, three sets of two stripes from top band to band around lower neck, band around upper neck, and top of rim and outside edges of handle painted.
Coin
A follis (copper) coin minted in Constantinople during the reign of Anastasius I.
Fellowship artist profile: Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla)
Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla)
Mixed media
Anza, California
“I’m a California Indian, one part traditionalist, one part Disneyland. I want my work to express the passion, pain, and reverence I feel as a contemporary Native person,” says Gerald Clarke, whose mixed media work has been exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe. The artist adds, “My ultimate goal as an artist is to give Indian culture back the humanity which has been taken from it by stereotypes created ove
