Thursday, May 1, 2014

Birmingham Photo of the Day (8): Alabama Theatre, 1927

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Here's another photo of the Alabama Theatre from the Birmingham Public Library's Digital Collections .  This view shows the theate...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Alabama Libraries in 1851

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[This post is one of a series I'm doing on the history of libraries and books in Alabama.] In 1851 Charles Coffin Jewett published ...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Birmingham Photo of the Day (7): Alabama Theatre, 1959

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This photo of the Alabama Theatre on July 15, 1959 is from the Birmingham Public Library's Digital Collections .  I wonder what kind of...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

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

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This 1910 photo of the Birmingham Age-Herald newspaper building on Fifth Avenue is from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collection...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Dispensary at the Edgewater Mine, July 1946

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Large coal mining operations were often self-contained communities in the U.S., and the Edgewater Mine in western Jefferson County was no ex...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Alabama Ruin: Clanton Drive-In Theater

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In August 2012 my son Amos IV and I were tooling down I-65 South headed for Montgomery to see some historic sights there. Not long after w...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Birmingham Photo of the Day (5): Downtown, 1939

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This 1939 photo of the south side of the 1800 block of 4th Avenue North is from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections . Busin...