The Mabel Vernon Alford Photograph collection consists of pages of a scrapbook full of photos from the 1920s to the 1930s. Many of the individuals are unidentified and the location of the photographs are also unknown.

This collection offers a visual representation of black life in and around Chattanooga and Atlanta in the first half of the 20th century. This scrapbook includes short poems and small snapshots of young people and family members of Alford.