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Alabama Illustrated: Engravings from 19th Century Newspapers Common Bonds: Birmingham Snapshots, 1900-1950 The Less Things Change: Charles Brooks and the Art of Alabama Politics Looking Back at Gee's Bend: The Photographs of John Reeset O. V. Hunt: Commercial Photographer Reading Between the Lines: Charles Brooks and the American Presidential Campaign