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Photograph of Goldsmith-Schiffman Field from The Huntsville Times, October 26, 2000

 Item — Box: 162, Folder: 10, Object: 1

Dates

  • Creation: 1881 - 1981

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 102 Linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Photograph depicts Margaret Anne Goldsmith and three members of the Huntsville High School football team that played in the first game at Goldsmith-Schiffman Field on October 4, 1934. In the background is the rock wall constructed around the field by the CCC at the time that the field was developed. Above the heads of the four is the historic plaque that was placed on the wall at a ceremony in 2000, made possible by the Huntsville School Board. The field was given in memory of Bettie Schiffman and Betty Goldsmith by Annie and Lawrence B. Goldsmith, Sr., Elsie and Bob Schiffman, and Oscar Goldsmith (Isaac Schiffman had predeceased his wife). The gift of this land to the city for a ball field was the first major act of philanthropy by the Goldsmith and Schiffman families for the benefit of Huntsville.

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository

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