Alabama Cultivation Promotional Photographic Album

Collection

Identifier: 2022-025

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Twentieth century South materials

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Scope and Contents

One photographic album created in July 1911 of 18 black and white photographs promoting land cultivation in Mobile and Baldwin counties in Alabama. Photographs are of different types of fruit that can grow in Alabama and examples of orchards in bloom. The photographs measure 3 3/8" x 5 1/2" and are adhesive mounted to 16 paper leaves.

Dates

Creation: 1911-07-22 - 1911-07-24

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Researchers are responsible for using the materials in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright claimants in collection materials. Copyright for official University records is held by The University of Alabama. The library claims only physical ownership of many manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections (archives@ua.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections. For more information about copyright policy, please visit: https://www.ua.edu/copyright/. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.

Biographical / Historical

Cotton was the largest agricultural product, followed by corn for livestock feed, in Alabama until after the Civil War when much of the enslaved labor force was freed or migrated to other areas in the country. Post-war land damage allowed for the renewed investment in other forms of agriculture. Cultivating one type of product, such as cotton or corn, season after season depletes the soil of essential nutrients that naturally replace itself when planting is diversified. One reason to promote land cultivation was to stimulate soil enrichment and local economies. The 1910s brought about more peach and pecan farms, as well as legume cultivation. By 1920, Mobile and Baldwin counties expanded to 10,000 acres of commercial citrus growth.