2014 Photos of the Month
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April 2014
The tent city set up to house the homeless after the devastating fire of 1919.
Miscellaneous Collections.
The USA student center as seen from the small lake on campus.
Nexus (N-86-4).
May 2014
Advertisement by the photographer, Erik Overbey, encouraging people to get images made of themselves for dear ole' Mom. Erik Overbey Collection. Negative: S-3262.
The USA "Big Jazz Band," under the direction of Dr. Wolfram Chanin, plays for dedication
ceremonies at the university, May 22, 1966.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.
June 2014
A view of a section of Royal Street in the early 1960s.
Julius E. Marx Collection. Negative: 622-15-3.
An unidentified USA student in silhouette at the campus swimming pool.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.
July 2014
Group picnicking at a beach along the Gulf, c. 1900.
Doris Rich Collection. Negative: C-8028.
Members of USA's Society for Creative Anachronism, c. 1980.
University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.
August 2014
This back to school photo, taken at Eichold-Mertz Elementary School in 1972, shows a young boy with two Disney characters. Mobile Press Register Collection. Negative: MPR-75240.
USA baseball coach Mel Lucas (far left) and pitcher Milt Jarvis, alongside University of Alabama pitcher Joe Sewell and coach Eddie Propst (far right), 1968. University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.
September 2014
A group at a Labor Day event at the Mobile Country Club, 1952. History Museum of Mobile Collection. Negative: MOM-4389D.
Beloved USA history professor Dr. Joseph Nigota kept his students on the edge of their seats as he lectured about the Papacy or the Renaissance. Sadly, Dr. Nigota passed away in 2009. He is very much missed. University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.
October 2014
A pair of Halloween trick or treaters, 1971. Photo by Roy C. McAuley, Mobile Press Register Collection. Negative: MPR-79901.
Homecoming maids crown 1971's homecoming queen Lois Richards. University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.
Veterans Day celebration on the Eastern Shore, November 11, 1918. Photo by John H. Butt. Courtesy of Rebecca D. Warren. Negative: CAM-MOBILE1-1912.
Pre-1963 class schedule of the University of Alabama, Mobile Center, which is what USA was known as prior to its establishment by the state legislature as the University of South Alabama. University of South Alabama Public Relations Department Collection.