Birmingham Photo of the Day (10): Loew's Temple Theatre, 1925

This photo shows the Loew's Temple Theatre in 1925 and is from the Birmingham Public Library's Digital Collections. The theater was located at the Masonic Temple at 517 19th Street North. 

The marquee is advertising a combination of live acts and film including "Minstrelsys greatest stars" and The Dancers, a silent melodrama released that year. Interestingly enough, the film was based on a 1923 play that ran in London and starred none other than Alabama's own Tallulah Bankhead.  

Birmingham Photo of the Day (9): McAdory Home & Infirmary

This photo from the Birmingham Public Library's Digital Collections

shows the home of Wellington Prude McAdory, M.D., in 1910. The structure was located at the corner of 11th Avenue and 25th Street.

Dr. McAdory's home also included his office and an infirmary, a common setup for physicians of this era. His photo and biographical information below are taken from Notable Men of Alabama Volume II, published in 1904 and available online via Google Books. 

Birmingham Photo of the Day (6): Age-Herald Building, 1910

This 1910 photo of the Birmingham Age-Herald newspaper building on Fifth Avenue is from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections.

Birmingham Photo of the Day (3): Downtown, 1930

This photo from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Library shows a portion of 2nd Avenue North between 19th and 20th Streets around 1930. Visible are Kress's, the Trianon Theatre, F.W. Woolworth and on the right Caheen Brothers. In the lower left is apparently the sign for a dentist. Aren't those cars and streetlamps wonderful? 

Birmingham Photo of the Day (2): Downtown, 1921

This 1921 photo by O.V. Hunt from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections  shows 3rd Avenue North and 18th Street. The Lyric Theatre is in the foreground and Loew'sTheatre in the background. The large billboard over the Argeros & Company building advertises the coming semi-centennial of the city featuring a visit by President Warren G. Harding.

Birmingham Photo of the Day (1): Downtown, 1939

This 1939 photo from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections  shows the corner of 19th Street North and 2nd Avenue North. Visible are J.J. Newberry's Department Store, the Fan Tan Women's Clothing Shop in the former Peerless Saloon building and the Grayson Clothing Company.