1888: Alabama A&M cadets
Title
1888 : Alabama A&M cadets
Description
This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn , a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms , 3rd edition , 2013 , depicting the history of the city and the university . From page 34 : A&M cadets from out-of-town lived in Auburn homes such as this one called "Dovedale " shown in a picture dated January 20 , 1888 . Standing at left is the home's owner , William Crawford Dowdell , who served in the Alabama Home Guard during the Civil War and later as mayor and postmaster of Auburn . His home reportedly was located "in a large grove of giant oaks " northeast of the intersection of Opelika Highway and Ross Street (until destroyed by the tornado of 1853) . At William Dowdell's left are his wife , Elizabeth Caroline Thomas Dowdell ; Miss Sanders ; and his granddaughter , Caroline "Carrie " Merrick . Other AU Libraries ' identifications : Seated , left to right , are cadet Abernathy (sitting on porch pedestal) , Hurt (in dark suit) , cadet Raphael Semmes Kell (seated two steps below Hurt) , cadet Prout (on top step) , cadet Brooks , Chandler (in suit) , cadet McMillan (seated one step below) and cadet Hendley Varner Kell (with foot on knee) . Hendley later married Dowdell's daughter Caroline "Caro " Dowdell . The African-American boy in front is not identified . Photo source : Auburn University Archives .
Date
1888
Place
Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings
Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- History Auburn University -- Students African Americans -- Alabama College students -- Alabama Dwellings -- Alabama Military cadets -- Alabama
EOA Categories
Education -- Higher Education Education -- Military Education History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Original Medium
black and white photograph , 3953 x 2674 pixels
Type
Image
Format
JPEG
File Name
auh139.tif
Citation
Logue , Mickey and Simms , Jack . Auburn , A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village . 3rd edition . 2013 .
Repository
Auburn University Libraries . Special Collections and Archives .
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Coates , Midge
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