Monday, June 2, 2014

“The greatest city in Alabam’”: Songs about Birmingham

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             If the discussion turns to popular songs about American cities, Birmingham, Alabama, probably doesn’t come to mind first. Inste...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Birmingham Photo of the Day (13): U.S. Weather Bureau Station in 1908

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 In 1870 Congress had established a weather service under the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1890 the service moved to the civilian Department o...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Mom Makes the Front Page in 1949

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Before she and dad married, my mother Carolyn Shores did some modelling for Avondale Mills. Along with other young women, she appeared at va...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Birmingham Photo of the Day (12): Birmingham Theatre in the 1940s

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This photograph by Oscar V. Hunt is taken from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections  . BPL's record for this photograph n...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Who Are Birmingham Natives Sonia Sanchez and Margaret Walker?

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            A number of black women born in Alabama have achieved great success or sometimes great controversy in their lives and careers....
Monday, May 19, 2014

Birmingham's "Heaviest" Medical Block

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Between 1902 and 1912 four of the tallest buildings in the Southeast at that time were constructed at the corner of 20th Street and 1st Ave...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

What's in those Old Birmingham Directories, Anyway?

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If they survive, all sorts of ephemeral materials from the past can be of interest to historians, genealogists, entrepreneurs, and even the...