Box 4
Contains 32 Results:
Phenix City Story Negatives
Contains negatives of the Clean Up and political appearances; has negative of Patterson pointing with cane to campaign posters
Gambling Historical, Phenix City, 1940s-1950s
8 images of gambling machines, money, and a group of men outside of a courthouse.
Benton, William “Bill” (Phenix City District Attorney)
This collection consists of over 1,000 original photographs and negatives produced by the The Ledger-Enquirer newspaper in Columbus. Many of the photographs contain the crop and proportion marks from the editor and the original identification on the back. They are grouped together mostly by subject with Phenix City Cleanup and the Stocking Strangler cases having their own boxes.
Bentley’s Sport Shop
3 images and 12 negatives of Hugh Bentley and his shop. Bentley was a victim of a house bomb on January 9, 1952. Negatives are of his shop, its advertisements and him working on bicycles and other sports gear in his shop.
Beachie’s Swing Club Arrests
This collection consists of over 1,000 original photographs and negatives produced by the The Ledger-Enquirer newspaper in Columbus. Many of the photographs contain the crop and proportion marks from the editor and the original identification on the back. They are grouped together mostly by subject with Phenix City Cleanup and the Stocking Strangler cases having their own boxes.
Patterson, Albert L.
This collection consists of over 1,000 original photographs and negatives produced by the The Ledger-Enquirer newspaper in Columbus. Many of the photographs contain the crop and proportion marks from the editor and the original identification on the back. They are grouped together mostly by subject with Phenix City Cleanup and the Stocking Strangler cases having their own boxes.
Miscellaneous Unfiled
Folder contains 28 photographs of various Phenix City clean up; a funeral, B-Girls, trials, gambling machines, military/police, elections and the release of The Phenix City Story
Griffin, Johnny F.
4 photos of Johnny Griffin walking up court steps and his victim in the E.R. at hospital
Pearson, Gordon (Gov.)
27 photographs of Alabama Gov. Persons visiting Phenix City and conducting official business
Phenix City - "All American City" , 1956
45 Photographs of the parade and ceremony celebrating Phenix City being named “All American City” in 1956