Alabama River at Selma Framed

Located on the high northwestern bluff of a large meander in the Alabama River, Selma, Alabama, was incorporated in 1820. It was one of several river towns that serviced large cotton plantations and settlers intent on farming the rich soil of the Black Belt. The river was the main method of transporting both goods and people throughout most of the 19th century, but gradually rail transport supplanted it. The last steamboat on the Alabama stopped service in 1932. During the Civil War, Selma was one of the major manufacturing centers of the Confederacy. Selma gained national attention on Bloody Sunday (March 7 1965) when state and local lawmen attacked some 600 civil rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they attempted to march east to Montgomery along Highway 80. Photographed by Mike Neilson, an artistic photographer in Birmingham, Alabama, this image shows restored 19th century commercial buildings along Water Avenue reflected in the Alabama River. Superimposed on their reflection is the shadow of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Printed with pigmented ink on matte paper, each print is signed and numbered as one of a limited edition of 250. Matte black aluminum frame, UV-resistant glass. 16” x 20” fine art print, 12” x 15” image size. Ships in 1 - 2 weeks.