Guide to the Hugh Spann Photograph Collection
Record Group 107
Date Span: ca.1890-1960
Extent: 69 items
Biographical Sketch: Mr. Hugh Spann (Phillip Hugh Spann, Jr.) was the scion of an old Dothan family. His relatives had owned Spann Farm approximately five miles west of downtown Dothan (Fred Watson, Hub of the Wiregrass) as well as two mansions on Main Street featured in an early 20th century post card of fine homes in Dothan.
Mr. Spann was an avid local historian who self-published a book of local photographs ca. 2009, and other books before that.
Mr. Spann died on January 22, 2010.
Scope / Content: Contains 63 black & white and sepia tone photographic prints in various sizes, plus 6 advertising brochures. Many of the photos appeared in his self-published book A Link to the Past, volume 1.
Provenance: TSUD graduate Scotty Kirkland secured some of Mr. Spann's photographs in an estate sale after Spann's death. Kirkland made these available to the Archives. Other photos that did not sell at the estate sale were donated by the auction house to the Houston Love Memorial Library.
Preferred Citation: Hugh Spann Photograph Collection, RG107, Wiregrass Archives, 51成人吃瓜 Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
Acquisition Method: Gift
Donor Name: Scotty Kirkland
Inventory
File I.D. File Label
107-10-0707-001-001 1890 - First railroad came to Dothan - Alabama Midland. Caboose of first freight train.
107-10-0707-001-002 Pepsi Cola Float for National Peanut Festival, N. Foster at Troy St. 鈥� 1942 [possibly 1939]
107-10-0707-001-003 Dothan Coca Cola 鈥� 308 N. St. Andrews Street (intersection of E. Burdeshaw) - Late 1930
107-10-0707-001-004 Solomon Motor Company, Inc. - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-005 Solomon Chevrolet - U.S. 231 & Wheat Street, n.d.
107-10-0707-001-006 Poyner's Seed store - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-007 Johnson's Shoe Hospital ; Dothan News Stand ; Jewel Box-Ted Bauman - 1939. 100 block N. St. Andrews Street [Later replaced by J. C. Penny building]
107-10-0707-001-008 Foster [Street] Methodist Church - adding Sunday school classrooms on the back - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-009 First Presbyterian Church, corner of Oates & Troy Streets, Dothan, Alabama - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-010 Post Office / Federal Building, corner of Troy & N. Foster Sts.- 1939
107-10-0707-001-011 SkyVue Drive-in Theatre - ca. 1953
107-10-0707-001-012 Martin Theatre on W. Main Street - ca. 1953
107-10-0707-001-013 Singletary & Whiddon - South Foster Street at Crawford - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-014 Frasier-Ellis Hospital - 1950s
107-10-0707-001-015a Moody Hospital 鈥� 1920. Top of paired image: pairs and threes of nurses in long shot showing full building.
107-10-0707-001-015b Moody Hospital 鈥� 1920. Bottom of paired image: class of nurses.
107-10-0707-001-016 Moody Hospital - ca.1916
107-10-0707-001-017 First National Bank - ca.1920
107-10-0707-001-018 Houston National Bank - 1920
107-10-0707-001-020 P.H. Spann Gin Co. - Cottonwood Rd at Bayline railroad crossing - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-021 Spann Hardware - South Foster - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-022 MS Spann [home] - West Main - 1900's.
107-10-0707-001-023 Boy Scout Camp Cheerful on Bear Creek (south of Youngstown, Florida) - mid 1920s.
107-10-0707-001-024 Main Street, looking east from Oates St.- ca.1950
107-10-0707-001-028 Smith's Wagons & Buggies - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-029 Rose Hill School, Lafayette & Appletree Streets - 1929
107-10-0707-001-030 Young Jr. High School, W. Lafayette at S. Dusy Street, Dothan, Alabama - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-031 Young Jr. High School class - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-032 Howell School, E. Newton St. at N. College St., from front, under construction, 1902
107-10-0707-001-033 Howell School from corner, under construction, 1902
107-10-0707-001-034 Howell School crowd scene - early 1900s
107-10-0707-001-035 Houston County Court House (1905-1959), Dothan, Alabama - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-036 E. R. Porter Hardware, E. Main Street, interior 鈥� ca. 1920s
107-10-0707-001-037 E. R. Porter Hardware, interior 鈥� ca. 1940s 鈥� 1950s
107-10-0707-001-038 Dixie Fence Company - Late 1960 鈥� Crew posing in yard, Gaylords Building Supply in background.
107-10-0707-001-039 Dixie Fence Company - Late 1960 鈥� Aerial view of building and grounds, color.
107-10-0707-001-040 Sanitary Dairy [US 84 at Sanitary Dairy Rd]- 1930
107-10-0707-001-041 Sanitary Dairy delivery truck, ca. 1927
107-10-0707-001-042 Sanitary Dairy delivery truck, 1930s
107-10-0707-001-043 Locust Grove Dairy, Headland Road, Dothan, rear view - n.d. Added note indicates the original barn was built in 1908 or 1909. [Dothan Eagle reported brothers J. V. and J. W. Hall moved their dairy from James, AL, to acreage two-miles north of Dothan. in late 1908. They began serving the public on May 3, 1909. This was Dothan's first commercial dairy.]
107-10-0707-001-044 W&W Pickles / Alaga Syrup 鈥� Manager Bart Nelson, Jr. talking with farmer delivering cucumbers by wagon, N. Range St., Dothan 鈥� ca. 1952. Photo by Jack House, Birmingham News
107-10-0707-001-045 W&W Pickles / Alaga Syrup 鈥� Manager Bart Nelson, Jr., and workers unloading cucumbers at W&W Pickles Company, N. Range St., Dothan 鈥� ca. 1952. Photo by Jack House, Birmingham News
107-10-0707-001-046 W&W Pickles / Alaga Syrup 鈥� Mule-drawn wagon and farmer in lot, 2 workers and manager Bart Nelson, Jr. standing on loading dock, W&W Pickle Company, N. Range St., Dothan 鈥� ca. 1952. Photo by Jack House, Birmingham News
107-10-0707-001-047 W&W Pickles / Alaga Syrup -- 2 men with trucks full of cucumber in bushel baskets, ten baskets on loading dock, W&W Pickle Company, N. Range St., Dothan, Alabama, ca. 1952. Photo by Jack House, Birmingham News
107-10-0707-001-048 W&W Pickles / Alaga Syrup 鈥� Manager Bart Nelson working the pickling vat, W&W Pickles, N. Range St. 鈥� ca. 1952. Photo by Jack House, Birmingham News
107-10-0707-001-049 W&W Pickles / Alaga Syrup 鈥� Manager Bart Nelson and worker unloading cucumbers from mule wagon with farmer, three workers sorting cucumbers on loading dock 鈥� ca. 1952. Photo by Jack House, Birmingham News
107-10-0707-001-050 Young Building, E. Main at S. St. Andrews Streets, Dothan, Alabama 鈥� from postcard. Built 1914.
107-10-0707-001-051 Man in vest standing in drugstore [possibly in Young Building]
107-10-0707-001-052 Man in [doorman or elevator operator?] uniform standing in drugstore [possibly Young Building]
107-10-0707-001-053 Woman standing in drugstore [possibly Young Building]
107-10-0707-001-054 Man in white shirt standing in drugstore [possibly Young Building]
107-10-0707-001-055 Jim Young Fishing Party - Dead Lakes - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-056 Johnny Mack Brown congratulating Cub Scout David Scarborough, winner of 1953 National Peanut Festival Soap Box Derby. October 22, 1953.
107-10-0707-001-057 Dr. E. F. Moody, portrait by Rainer Studios, n.d.
107-10-0707-001-058 Dr. John Thomas Ellis, portrait, n.d.
107-10-0707-001-059 Dr. James Lewis Ellis, portrait, n.d.
107-10-0707-001-060 Dr. Alfred Frasier, portrait, n.d.
107-10-0707-001-061 [Nurses and Doctors] at Frasier-Ellis [Hospital] - Late 1920s
107-10-0707-001-062 Dothan Police Officers group photo, 1930s-1940s.
107-10-0707-001-063 Dothan Police Department (Left of man in white boater hat) and Fire Department (right of man in white boater hat) in front of Opera House and city offices, Dothan- 1920's
107-10-0707-001-064 Advertisement - Young Drug Co. - ca. 1953 -
107-10-0707-001-065 Advertisement 鈥� Dothan Statistics; Bishop Laundry & Cleaners / J.E. Hathcock Lumber Co. - ca. 1950. Small, four-page brochure
107-10-0707-001-066 Advertisement - Solomon Motor Co. & Chevrolet advertising - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-067 Advertisement - Spann Hardware Company advertising - n.d.
107-10-0707-001-068 Advertisement - E.R. Porter Hardware Company [brochure] - ca. 2003 - 8x11 bifold flyer on yellow photocopy paper
107-10-0707-001-069 Advertisement - State Vocational Trade School, Dothan / Napier Field, Alabama, ca. 1951. Four-page 8.5x11鈥� brochure.
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