I had a wonderful time in New Orleans, and took countless photos. I look forward to sharing more of them soon!

Day 3 (cont.)

Day 3 (cont).

Our final day in New Orleans was spent at the River Road plantations of Oak Alley and Whitney.

Day 2 (cont.)

Day 2 (cont.)

Day 2 was spent in Uptown and at the Chalmette Battlefield.

At the height of the US postcard craze, “tall-tale” cards imagined a land of giant-sized plenty. In this 1909 series, Californian rail cars haul colossal fruit and veg — turning agricultural pride into something surreal and strangely beautiful: publicdomainreview.org/collection/g...

Day 1 (continued)

Day 1 (continued)

Here are some photo highlights from our first day in New Orleans. We mostly focused on the French Quarter and the Central Business District today.

This is my first time traveling Amtrak, so I wanted to get a photo with the train. This was made during the rest stop in Birmingham.

For the first part of spring break this week, I am traveling with my History and Memory class to New Orleans. We have been learning about the city’s history this semester, and are headed to New Orleans for “field work” research as we begin to create an exhibit on its history and culture.

Overall, it was a great day hunting for books! Many of these books connect to research projects, though a few are just for fun. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces at the fair, and to make some new connections in the rare book world.

The final few items shown are biographies of Henry Grady that I ordered ahead of time. I am trying to gather as many books as I can about Grady, and I think with these three books I now have all the major works.

One of the more ephemeral items is an 1873 supplement to the Atlanta Constitution celebrating the completion of their new downtown building. The Constitution was only five years old at the time this was printed.

In 1881, noted Georgia historian Charles C. Jones Jr. gave a speech on the history of the Georgia Historical Society, and one of the items I purchased today was a copy of that speech.

Next is a book on Theodore Roosevelt from 1910. I already have the book used by traveling book salesmen to market this item, so it makes a nice companion piece.

This certificate is for the committee formed by the State of Georgia to promote the state at the 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. It is signed by Governor Eugene Talmadge.

Next up is an Armed Forces Edition of Longfellow’s Paul Revere (“Listen my children and you shall hear…”). These Armed Forces Editions were pocketbooks created specifically for soldiers overseas during World War II.

The first two are travel guides created by the Federal Writers Project as part of the New Deal. I already had the Georgia state guide and the guide for Atlanta, and I was able to complete this collection by finding the Savannah and Macon books today.

I was excited to attend the first Atlanta Fine Book Fair today! It was great exploring all of the rare book displays, and I added a number of great items to my collection.

There is a lot more research I would like to do about these presses, but I thought the photo was an interesting piece of Atlanta printing history.

I recently found this photograph on eBay, and it arrived in the mail yesterday. According to a handwritten note on the back, it is the print shop at Atlanta University (now Clark-Atlanta).

Our first SAHF exhibit, focusing on "Women of Acworth," was unveiled today at the Acworth Community Center. It spotlights twelve notable individuals and uses resources and pictures from the SAHF archive. This was a fun project to work on, and I look forward to working on future exhibits!

Up in Acworth, I work with the Save Acworth History Foundation as the group archivist. One of my goals for a while has been to create a series of exhibits on local history that can travel around town.

On Sunday, I got to photograph the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham. This movie palace opened in 1927, and has been restored to its original glory. @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social and I were at the theatre for an organ concert. More photos can be found on my website: ajbramlett.com/2026/01/20/t...

Thank you!

It’s the first day of the semester at Kennesaw State University! It is good to be back on campus. I had only one class on campus today, but have two more tomorrow morning.

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