| Summary: | "The cabinets shown here, from right to left, contain: (1) The silver service presented by the people of the State to the U.S. Battleship 'Alabama' in 1902, and now the property of the State in exchange for a service presented to the new battleship 'Alabama' in 1942; (2) Coronation robe worn by Miss Margaret Lyons of Mobile, now Mrs. Augustine Meaher, Jr., as Queen of the Mardi Gras Carnival in 1935; (3) Some of the golden wedding (1916) presents of the Senior U.S. Senator John H. Bankhead and his wife, presented to the State by their daughter, Mrs. B. Owen This room also contains a number of historical portraits by early American painters."
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