Silverhill Photo Album
Dvorak Family Collection
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Photos from the Dvorak Family glass negative collection.
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1. Dvorak Family about 1925.
Left to right - Joseph Anton Dvorak, Grandmother Frances Dvorak, Gertrude Wesley Dvorak, Grandfather Anton Dvorak.
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2. Close up of photo on the left of Dvorak Family about 1925.
Front of radiator reads: Silver Hill Best Spot in Alabama
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3. Dvorak Family about 1925 displaying their Chevrolets.
Left to right - Grandmother Frances Dvorak, Joseph Anton Dvorak, Grandfather Anton Dvorak.
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4. Dvorak Family about 1925.
Left to right - Gertrude Wesley Dvorak, Joseph John Dvorak.
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5. Dvorak Family about 1925.
Left to right - Joseph John Dvorak, Gertrude Wesley Dvorak.
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6. Dvorak Family about 1925.
Left to right - Unknown, Gertrude Wesley Dvorak.
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Left to right - ?.
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8. Dvorak Store about 1925. On the right is the Dvorak Merchandise store. On the left is the Dvorak shipping platform used to collect the farmer's produce to take to the railroad station in Robertsdale for shipments to the north.
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9. The Hotel Norden Annex on Co. Rd. 55, about 1921. Anton Dvorak is standing in front of the store. Click photo to enlarge and examine the buildings behind and to the right of the annex. The first building is the Lutheran parsonage, then the back of the Lutheran church. Then lastly, the schoolhouse with the belltower.
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In 1943, Joseph Dvorak bought ten acres along with the house that Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Johnson, proprietor of People's Supply, had built in about 1903. Its location was on the east side of County Road 55 just south of the intersection of South Boulevard, one-half a mile south of the People's Supply Company. This building still exists today. Below are the deeds of the land showing dates of sales. Following are photos of that house and property when the Dvorak family owned it.
Click here to see a PDF File of the 1943 Deed Document of 10 acres sold to Joseph Dvorak by John Mikulecky. 
Click here to see a PDF File of the 1923 Deed Document of 20 acres sold to John Mikulecy by John Frederick.
Click here to see a PDF File of the 1920 Deed Document of 20 acres sold to John Frederick by Theodore Johnson.
Click here to see a PDF File of the 1902 Deed Document of 20 acres sold to Hanna Westerlund, the future Mrs. Theodore Johnson.
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The handwriting is of Gertrude Wesley Dvorak.
10. Dvorak home 1944.
Grandfather Anton Dvorak.
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11. Back of photo to the left says: 2/27/1944 This shows the close view of house from the front and grandpa sitting on porch.
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12. Dvorak home 1944.
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13. Back of photo to the left says: 2/27/1944 This is taken from corner of S. West. Here you can see part of a garden and also barn in back, and also that big Azalea what you see on other picture by itself.
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14. Dvorak home 1944.
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15. Back of photo to the left says: 2/27/1944 These are the Japonicas I bought from Armstrong. That big one in the middle is the one what we had in that big wooden tub and I replant both of them in the yard.
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16. Dvorak home 1944.
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17. Back of photo to the left says: 2/27/1944 This picture show you big Japonica and West side of the house.
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18. Dvorak home 1944.
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19. Back of photo to the left says: 2/27/1944 Looking from back porch, you can see my car parked between the barns. That little house on the lawn is cooler.
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20. Dvorak home 1944.
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21. Back of photo to the left says: 2/27/1944 This is another view from back porch looking more toward Ostrands. The big trunk in the middle is a pecan tree right by the house.
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22. Dvorak home 1944.
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23. Back of photo to the left says: 3/12/1944 This dog you see on this picture was born last August. Curley had only one so we kept it. We call him Baby.
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24. Front of Dvorak home 1944. County Road 55 in foreground.
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25. Back of photo to the left says: 3/12/1944
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27. Back of photo to the left says: 7/13/1943
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28. Left to right - Evelyn Novak?, Gertie Dvorak, Elsie Novak?.
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29. Back of photo to the left says: This was 2 week: a go Sunday; Elsie, Evelyn & my self.
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30. Left to right - Ann, Joe Wesley, Gertie Wesley Dvorak.
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31. Back of photo to the left says: This is Bug. My dog. Still have him. Joe & An look bad. They pitched one the Nite before. Joe about sleep, ha ha.
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32. Left to right - Viola, Marie, Bob, Ann, Elsie, Gertie Dvorak, Ruddie Hiner.
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33. Anton Dvorak and family at the gulf.
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34. Anton Dvorak
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35. Anton Dvorak
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36. Anton Dvorak
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37. Anton Dvorak
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40. Bottom of photo reads: Grape Fruit Tree 2 yrs old (???) Silverhill Ala.
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Photos from the Dvorak Family collection, mostly of Silverhill and the surrounding area. Some of these may have been for sale in the Dvorak store.
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41. The Little Hall about 1922-23.
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42. The Hotel Norden and Annex about 1920 when Anton Dvorak operated the Annex store.
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43. Silverhill Baptist Church and Parsonage about 1910, looking SE.
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44. The Anton Swoboda home in the 1920s. The house was built by Edwin Clayton Slosson in 1895.
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45. Silverhill home.
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46. Silverhill home.
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47. View of Silverhill looking south down County Road 55 from the second story of the Norden Hotel Annex building about 1920. The road to the right is 4th Avenue leading to the Silverhill schoolhouse two blocks away.
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48. Another print of the photo at left, with Silverhill Ala written at the bottom in the same style as Frank Stewart the Picture Man would write, but without his signature.
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49. View of Silverhill stores from the back, 1920.
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50. Back of photo to the left says 7/8/1920.
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51. View of Silverhill stores from the side, 1920.
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52. Silverhill home.
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53. Silverhill farm yard.
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54. Silverhill farm yard.
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55. View of Silverhill in about 1920 looking north, shows the following buildings on the left side of the street; Hotel Norden then the hotel annex. On the right side of the street, the nearest building is the home of Charles Hoff, then his blacksmith shop. Past that is the back of Peoples Supply. This dirt road would become county road 55.
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56. View of Silverhill in about 1920 looking northeast from the top story of the Hotel Norden annex. On the right is the Mission Covenant Church with people gathering for a meeting. To the right of the church is the home of Dr. O.F.E. Winberg. To the left of the church is the home of Henry A. Wilkes. On to the left past the barn, is the home of John A. Isackson.
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