Baby and a dog, Probably 1899

The Photographs series contains two photographic albums with 209 images, seventy-two loose photographs, and 121 glass negatives. The lives of Julian C. Perkins, his wife Mary (Mamie) Kennedy Perkins, their children Edwin, Brook, and Julian, and their extended families are well documented, in this photographic collection compiled by their son Edwin. There are also photographs of The University of Alabama (Woods Hall and President’s Mansion); photographs of Tuscaloosa and the surrounding area around 1890; John Robinson’s Circus arriving in Tuscaloosa; Tuscaloosa Street Fair; some parts of Birmingham around the same time; and Meridian, Mississippi.