Title:
Football Capital Of The South
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The attendance at Legion Field at college and professional exhibition games have made Birmingham the Football Capital of the South. The SEC games that are played here are nearly always a sellout
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Title:
Coke Ovens
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back PM 1913 Nov-23
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Title:
Birmingham Auditorium, 8th Avenue North
Birmingham (AL), Linen PM 1942 Oct-07
Description:
The Birmingham Municipal Auditorium has the largest seating capacity (10,000) of any building in the south. It was erected in 1923 at a cost of one million dollars, and is used for concerts, expositions, conventions and shows of various kinds.
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Title:
3Rd Ave. At Night
Birmingham (AL), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1908 Dec-18
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Title:
Post Office
Birmingham (AL), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1907 Jul-30
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Title:
St. Vincents Hospital
Birmingham (AL), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Dec-19
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Title:
The Molton, 5th Avenue And 20th Street
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Chamber Of Commerce Building
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Birmingham has created one of the finest chamber of commerce buildings in the nation. Beautifully modern, efficient and accessible from two important downtown thoroughfares, it boast that "there is no back door" by which you can gain admittance.
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Title:
Burks Antique Shop, U. S. Highway 11
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Highway 32 & 38 going East out of Birmingham. It is the old home of the former Governor Cobb of Alabama. One of the largest collections of Antiques in the entire South Land
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Title:
Interior Of John's Restaurant, 214 North 21st St.,
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Located in the heart of the city Famous for trout Almondine
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Title:
Shamrock Motor Lodge, 8420 1st Ave.,
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Shamrock Motor Lodge. U. S. 11 and State 32 and 38 at 85th Street North Birmingham, Alabama. 15 minutes from Birmingham business district. Restaurants adjacent. 30 air-conditioned rooms. Tile combination bath - Television in rooms - Swimming pool, ½ block - Recommended by Duncan Hines.
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Title:
The Baptist Medical Center, 800 Montclair Road
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Located on a 137 acre site, The Baptist Medical Center - Montclair, 800 Montclair Road, Birmingham, Alabama. At the left is the 485 - bed hospital, a Professional Office Building in the center connected by ground - level plaza to the John H. Buchanan Building. home of the Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing. The plaza tops a nine- level parking deck.
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Title:
Magnolia Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Magnolia Park is located in the Southside area on Magnolia Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets. It has been described as "the prettiest mini-park in America". No admission charge.
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Title:
Hotel Birmingham, 7905 Crestwood Blvd. U. S. 78 E
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
131 Air Conditioned Rooms - Swimming Pool - Wading Pool - Playground - Room Telephones - Library - Radios - T.V. in All Rooms - Wall-to-Wall Carpet - Laundry Service - Conference Room - Convenient to Driving Range - Ice Skating - Drive-in Theatre - Restaurants Adjacent
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Title:
Hallway Of Arlington Shrine, Antebellum Home
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
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Title:
Japanese Tea Ceremony, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The ancient ritualistic chanoyu (tea ceremony) being performed by Miss Eiko Takahashi for honored guests in the tea house in the Japanese Gardens
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Title:
Japanese Tea Ceremony, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The ancient ritualistic chanoyu (tea ceremony) being performed by Miss Eiko Takahashi for honored guests in the tea house in the Japanese Gardens
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Title:
The Dinkler-Tutwiler
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Largest and most distinguished of Alabama hotels. 450 air-conditioned guest rooms with TV. Outstanding convention facilities
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Title:
Lake Purdy, Twelve Miles East of Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Lake Purdy, one of the largest impounding reservoirs in the South, holds 5,000,000,000 gallons of water. From this reservoir the Birmingham Water Works Company filters 48,000,000 gallons of water each day, of which approximately 30,500,000 gallons are consumed by Birmingham.
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Title:
Jefferson County Court House
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham has recently been completed at a cost of $3,000,000 and is one of the most beautiful and up-to-date in the country. The jail is an the top floor.
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Title:
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Interior View St. Pauls Church, Cor. 22nd St. and 3rd Ave
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back unused
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Title:
Birmingham City Hall
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Birmingham's Beautiful City Hall
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Title:
Greetings From Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Vulcan is America's second highest statue and Alabama's most visited. "You haven't seen Birmingham until you've viewed it from atop Vulcan."
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Title:
Vulcan At Night, Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
This view of Vulcan at night shows the green torch which burns green if there has been no traffic fatality, and burns red for 24 hours in memoriam for a traffic fatality. The statue of Vulcan is hollow, within each leg are structural members designed to support his enormous weight. A six foot man can stand erect inside of Vulcan's arm.
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Title:
Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
"You haven't seen Birmingham until you've seen it from Vulcan Park."
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Title:
Vulcan, Atop Of Red Mountain
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
"Vulcan," largest iron man in the world and second largest statue in America, is 55 feet tall and weighs 120,000 pounds. One thumb weighs 170 pounds. This statue is mounted on a 120-foot pedestal atop Red Mountain, over-looking Birmingham. It typifies the natural resources of the district, the only place in the world where coal, iron and limestone, the three essentials for making steel, are found together in large deposits.
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Title:
Arlington Ante Bellum Home And Gardens, 331 Cotton Avenue S.W
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Original port built in 1882 - added onto in 1842, by Wm. S. Mudd with slave labor. Appropriately furnished with original ante bellum period furniture. Open year 'round. Bring your camera.
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Title:
Arlington Shrine
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Built in 1842 by slave labor, Arlington was used by Gen. Wilson of the Federal Army as his head-quarters in the final stages of the War Between the States.
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Title:
Greetings From Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Vulcan, The Iron Man, weighing 60 tons, is the largest cast-iron statue in the world and with the exception of the Statue of Liberty, the highest statue in America. It was made to represent Birmingham at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904.
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Title:
Steel Industry At Night
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Birmingham is called the Pittsburg of the South because of its large steel industry
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Title:
University Hospital And Hillman Clinic
Birmingham (AL), Chrome PM 1969 Jul-12
Description:
The 17-story University Hospital and Hillman Clinic began in 1888 in Birmingham and is now Alabama's largest and busiest hospital. Its main building is connected to basic science and dental facilities by the Health Sciences Research Building. The Hospital, part of a fast-growing Medical Center of 15 blocks, carries on major programs of patient care, education and research.
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Title:
Arlington Ante Bellum Home And Gardens
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
"Birthplace of Birmingham, Alabama". Located at 331-Cotton Ave. S.W. (in old Elyton). This scene shows the Tally-Ho with Southern Belles and a Butler. Open year 'round. Bring your camera.
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Title:
Arlington Ante Bellum Home And Gardens, 331 Cotton Avenue S.W
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Original part built in 1882 - added onto in 1842, by Wm. S. Mudd with slave labor. Appropriately furnished with original ante bellum period furniture. Open year 'round. Bring your camera.
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Title:
Baptist Medical Center, 800 Montclair Road
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The Hospital is shown here - the School of Nursing and the Professional Building are to be added to the Center complex
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Title:
Oscar Wells Memorial Birmingham Museum Of Art
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
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Title:
The Vulcan Atop Red Mountain
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The Vulcan is the second largest steel statue in the U.S.A., the Statue of Liberty being the largest. It was donated to the city by the steel industries in the Birmingham area.
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Title:
Arlington Historical Shrine
Birmingham (AL), Chrome PM 1958 Feb-03
Description:
The Arlington Shrine was built in 1842 and in Birmingham's Ante Bellum Home. Open to visitors daily, it is beautifully furnished in period furniture worth a fortune.
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Title:
Birmingham At Night
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
From Red Mountain, just south of the city, Birmingham shimmers like a precious stone when viewed at night. The metropolis stretches east-west, nestled in Jones Valley. This scene was made of the fountains of the exclusive supper club, The Club, located on the edge of the mountain.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome PM 1966 Dec-27
Description:
Birmingham, Ala., is the industrial center of the South. It is the only spot on the globe where coal, iron ore and limestone are found together in large deposits.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Left: Vulcan Park; Top right: Arlington Ante-Bellum Home and Gardens; Bottom right: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
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Title:
Alabama Airport
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
A scene from the Control Tower overlooking the new $2-million dollar terminal building and the former air terminal (now used for offices, Air Freight and U.S. Army offices.)
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Title:
Meyer Planetarium
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Located on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama. Public shows of the stars, planets and galaxies at Alabama's first planetarium.
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Title:
The University Of Alabama Hospitals And Clinics
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics in Birmingham, Alabama is composed of a 700- bed teaching hospital complex and more than 30 outpatient clinics where in excess of 100,000 patients are cared for annually. A division of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, UAHC is the 14 largest teaching hospital in the United States and is the chief referral hospital in Alabama for complicated medical and surgical cases.
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Title:
Weibel Drive And Warrior Road
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Weibel Drive and Warrior Road looking toward T.C.I.'s Fairfield plant - one of their several in the Greater Birmingham area
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
This view shows the fountain of the Club over-looking the city in the background. The Club's being atop Red Mountain affords its members and their guests an outstanding panoramic view of Birmingham by day or night
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Title:
Night View Of Blast Furnace
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Birmingham with the three essentials necessary in the production of steel, coal, iron ore and limestone is the leading iron and steel manufacturing center of the south.
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Title:
University Of Alabama
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
This is one of the fastest growing Universities in the south. It is known for its large Medical University and its complex of hospitals
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Title:
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
This view shows the Floral Clock and the entrance to the Gardens. The Floral Clock was a gift from Mrs. Horace Hammonds and her daughter. Open for various shows throughout the year, the Christmas and Easter shows are especially popular.
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Title:
City Hall
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Birmingham - "Youngest of the world's great cities" was incorporated in 1871 and named for the industrial city of Birmingham, England.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
This panoramic view of Downtown Birmingham was taken from interstate 59 west. Most of the downtown skyscrapers as well as several buildings in the UAB Medical Center can be seen in this picture
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Title:
Office Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The fountains at Office Park have become quite popular with visitors to the Magic City
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Title:
Birmingham Baptist Hospital
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The new 500-bed Birmingham Baptist Hospital, 701 Princeton Avenue, opened in February 1966. The six-story building is designed, equipped and staffed to provide high quality patient care in a Christian atmosphere, in keeping with traditions dating back to the Hospital's beginning in 1922.
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Title:
Brother Bryan Statue
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Bro. Bryan endeared himself to thousands of Birmingham and Alabama people by his many acts of charity and concern for his fellow man
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Title:
Vulcan
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Vulcan, atop Red Mountain overlooking Birmingham, Alabama. Nearby is one of the giant television towers, part of Birmingham's radio center. This is one of the most powerful television stations in the world.
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Title:
Greetings From Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Chrome PM 1962 Jul-06
Description:
"You haven't seen Birmingham until you've seen it from Vulcan Park."
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Title:
City Hall
Birmingham (AL), Chrome PM 1962 Jul-24
Description:
Birmingham - "Youngest o the world's great cities" was incorporated in 1871 and named for the industrial city of Birmingham, England.
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Title:
Country Club
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
First Avenue Viaduct
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Residences On Highland Avenue
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Twentieth Street, 4th Avenue
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Highland Ave.,
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
South Highland Infirmary
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
The Birmingham Infirmary, West End
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
View Of East Lake Park
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
First M. E. Church
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
St. Paul's Catholic Church, 22nd Street and 3rd Avenue
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Entrance To Mountain Terrace
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Glimpse Of Highland Avenue
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
The Tutwiler
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
View Of Capitol Park
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
City Hall
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Hillman Hospital, 20th Street
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Jefferson County Court House
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Skyline From Top Of Ridgely Apartments
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
St. Vincent's Hospital, Mt. St. Vincent
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Y. M. C. A. Building, Twentieth Street
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
First House Built In Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
Description:
First Avenue near 21st Street of to-day
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Title:
Showing A Portion Of Tracks In Terminal Station, Interior View
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Vulcan - The God Of Metals
Birmingham (AL), Real Photo unused
Description:
This gigantic statue, the largest cast figure in the world, is located in Vulcan Park atop Red Mountain overlooking Birmingham, Ala. The statue is made of Birmingham iron and stands 55 feet from foot to outstretched arm and weighs a total of one hundred tons. The head along weighs six tons-its foot 5 tons and the thumb 170 lbs. It is mounted on the base 124 ft. high made of Red Mountain Limestone quarried from the mountain on which it stands. The total height of the base and statue is 179 feet. The statue was cast in Birmingham in 1903 from iron ore taken from Red Mountain and was sent to St. Louis in 1904 for exhibit during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Upon its return it was placed in the Fair Grounds where it remained until 1935, at which time thru the work and cooperation of the Birmingham Kiwanis and the City Commission it was placed atop Red Mountain where it stands today, a symbol to the Magic City. Steel Center of the South.
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Title:
Ensley Steel Plant
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back unused
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Title:
East Lake, Showing Boat And Bath Houses
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back unused
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Title:
Post Office
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
The U. S. Post Office and Federal Building, on corner 5th Avenue and 19th Street, built with Alabama and Georgia white marble, costing 2 1/2 million dollars, is considered one of the outstanding buildings in the entire south.
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Title:
U. S. Post Office And Federal Building
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
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Title:
Alice Furnace, T. C. I. & R. R. Co.
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Ensley Steel Plant
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Masonic Temple
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Southern Club Athletic Club and Y. M. C. A.
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
The 17 Story University Hospital
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The 17-story University Hospital and Hillman Clinic began in 1888 in Birmingham and is now Alabama's largest and busiest hospital. Its main building is connected to basic science and dental facilities by the health Sciences Research Building. The Hospital, part of a fast-growing Medical Center of 15 blocks, carries on major programs of patient care, education and research.
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Title:
The Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Company
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
St. Paul'S Catholic Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
LOCATED AT NORTH THIRD AVE. AND 22ND ST. IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM, ST. PAUL'S IS THE PRINCIPAL CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE CITY.
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Title:
The Presbyterian Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen PM 1946
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Title:
Three Of The Many Beautiful Churhces
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The Birmingham Municipal Airport, a continental airport, is conveniently located 5 1/4 miles from downtown Birmingham, Alabama (10 minutes by automobile). The Federal Airways Air Traffic Report ranks the airport 46th in the nation and 4th in the Southeast in total activity. In 1964, regular commercial air traffic alone amounted to approximately 54 flights daily with over 500,000 passengers boarding and deplaning. The largest military and commercial jet aircraft flying today can easily operate from the newly completed runways.
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Title:
The Independent Presbyterian Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen PM 1945
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Title:
Night View Alabama Power Company Building
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Considered one of the most beautiful utility buildings in the world. All material used in its construction was produced within sixty miles of it
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Title:
Feeding The Swans, Avondale Park
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
This is one of the beauty spots in Avondale Park, which is a favorite resort for the citizens, especially children. These ponds have many swans, ducks and water fowl.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The Jefferson County Courthouse, built of Alabama limestone, faces the City Hall in beautiful Woodrow Wilson Park.
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Title:
Library Of Motel Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
The handsome library of Motel Birmingham is but one of the many unique features of this modern, all air-conditioned motel described as "America's finest." The library has more than 5,000 books, plus all types parlor games. Motel Birmingham is on U. S. Highway No. 78, six miles East of Birmingham, Ala.
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Title:
Sidewalk Art Show
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
An annual event each May in Woodrow Wilson Park. Held by the Birmingham Art Association for the benefit of the Birmingham Museum of Art. Paintings of all categories, ceramics, crafts and hobbies are exhibited and sold.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Key to views on other side :- B - Jefferson Hospital I - The Narrows Across Shades Mt. R - Library, Birmingham So. Col. M - Vestavia Crest of Shades Mt. I - Vestavia, Crest of Shades Mt. N - Public Library, 21st St, & 6th Ave., N. G - Jefferson County Court House H - Birmingham auditorium A - Terminal Station and Subway M - Terminal Station and Subway.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Key to view on other side :- B - Jefferson Hospital. I - The Narrows Across Shades Mt. R - Library, Birmingham So. Col. M - Vestavia, Crest of Shades Mt. I - Vestavia, Crest of Shades Mt. N - Public Library, 21st St. & 6th Ave., N. G - Jefferson County Court House. H - Birmingham Auditorium. A - Terminal Station and Subway. M - Terminal Station and Subway.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Birmingham is the industrial center of the South and has achieved national and international importance in this field. This is the only district in the world where coal, iron ore and limestone, the three essentials for making steel, are found in large quantities together. It also has a culture and charm all its own - a city of churches, of schools, of libraries, of music and of art.
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Key to views on other side :- B - Terminal Station and Subway I - Vulcan, The Iron Man R - court House M - Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R. Co's Furnaces I - View of the Business section N - Wonderful Petunias G - Public Library H - tulip Time at Vestavia A - Scene at Camp Cosby M - Birmingham Azaleas.
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Title:
Terminal Station And Subway
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Campus Scenes, Birmingham Southern Colege
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Birmingham-Southern College, whose parent institutions are Southern University, founded in the Civil War period, and Birmingham College, founded during the Spanish American War was incorporated during the First World War. Birmingham-Southern confers the degrees, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in the Humanities, the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences.
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Title:
Vestavia
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Vestavia was the country home of the late Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,300 feet, 6 miles form Birmingham, Ala. Replica of celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome, destroyed in the fifth century. Dimensions of building - 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference, 20 columns, each 9 feet circumference.
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Title:
Phillips High School
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Birmingham's public schools rank with the finest in the United States. Phillips High School is one of the six High Schools located in the city
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Title:
Vestavia
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Vestavia was the country home of the late Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,300 feet, 6 miles form Birmingham, Ala. Replica of celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome, destroyed in the fifth century. Dimensions of building - 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference, 20 columns, each 9 feet circumference.
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Title:
Air View Of Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Showing Monument and Waterfalls. Vulcan, iron man built by the Chamber of Commerce for the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, is the second largest statue in America, the first being the Statue of Liberty. Vulcan at its permanent home on the top of Red Mountain mounted on a 120 - foot tower overlooking the city. The statue is 50 feet tall and weighs 120,000 pounds. One thumb is three feet long and weighs 170 pounds.
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Title:
The Old Mill
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
The "Old Mill," situated in Mountain Brook Estates, is used as a tea room and club house for social functions and patrons of the riding academy and tennis courts. This is one of the interesting sports of the Birmingham district.
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Title:
Vulcan On Red Mountain
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
"Vulcan," largest iron man in the world and second largest statue in America, is 50 feet tall and weighs 120,000 pounds. One thumb weighs 170 pounds. This statue is mounted on a 120 foot pedestal, atop Red Mountain, overlooking Birmingham. It typifies the natural resources of the district, the only place in the world where coal, iron and limestone, the three essentials for making steel, are found together in large deposits.
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Title:
Vulcan On Red Mountain
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Showing Veins of Iron Ore in Mountain side. Vulcan, The Iron Man, weighing 60 tons, is the largest cast-iron statue in the world, and, with the exception of the Statue of Liberty, the highest statue in America. It was made to represent Birmingham at the St. Louis exposition in 1904, and was recently moved to its present location.
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Title:
Terminal Station And Subway
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Birmingham the magic city
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Title:
Quarrying White Marble
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back
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Title:
U. S. Post Office And Federal Building
Birmingham (AL), Linen PM 1942
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Title:
Burk's Antique Shop
Birmingham (AL), Linen PM 1952
Description:
Burk's Antique Shop purchased one of Old Land Marks of Birmingham (20 rooms) one whole block on South 20th Street and has made one of the South's Finest Antique Shops. Only Three Blocks from Vulcan (The Large Iron Man)
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Title:
The Independent Presbyterian Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Munger Memorial Hall, Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Erected in memory of R. S. Munger, One of the college's greatest benefactors; houses all administrative offices and the college auditorium.
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Title:
Post Office
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
The U. S. Post Office and Federal Building, on corner 5th Avenue and 19th Street built with Alabama and Georgia white marble, costing 2 1/2 million dollars, is considered one of the outstanding buildings in the entire south.
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Title:
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
The new, modern equipped Jefferson Hospital, erected at a cost of $2,270,000, is a monument to medical advancement. Its doors were opened early in 1941; it stands 16 stories high, and will house approximately 600 patients.
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Title:
Hotel Thomas Jefferson, Corner 2nd Ave. and 17th St
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Birmingham's newest and finest hotel. Circulating ice water - all outside rooms air-conditioned guest rooms and all public spaces - convenient garage - in the heart of the downtown theatre and shopping district. Thomas Jefferson Hotel Company, Proprietors.
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Title:
Jefferson County Court House
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
One of Birmingham's most beautiful and impressive buildings is the Jefferson county Court House and Jail. It faces Woodrow Wilson Park and cost $3,000,000 to erect.
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Title:
Jefferson County Court House
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham has recently been completed at a cost of $3,000,000 and is one of the most beautiful and up-to-date in the country. The jail is on the top floor.
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Title:
Hotel Hillman
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back PM 1908
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Title:
Confederate Monument And Statue Of Dr. Davis
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Sloss Furnace Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1905
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Title:
St. Vincent Hospital
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back PM 1910
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Title:
Roebuck Motel Court
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
9143 1/2 - 4th Ave. So., Phone 59-9258 Birmingham, Ala. New - Modern - Hotel service - 32 units 15 minutes form downtown highway U. S. 11 - East of city.
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Title:
Aerial View Of Birmingham
Birmingham (AL) PM 1941
Description:
Birmingham is called "The Industrial City Beautiful" and is the leading industrial center of the south. It is the only spot on the globe where coal, iron ore and limestone are found together in large deposits.
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Title:
Ensley Steel Plant
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Red Mountain Showing Vulcan Statue
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
The beautiful drive crosses Red Mountain where Vulcan, the largest statue in the U. S., next to that of Liberty, has been placed. Beyond Red Mountain, the drive joins the famous 4 Lane Montgomery Highway, where traffic is heavier than any other in the South
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Vestavia, Crest of Shades mountain
Birmingham (AL) unused
Description:
The country home of Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,300 feet, 6 miles from Birmingham, Ala, Replica of Celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome, Destroyed in the fifth century, Dimensions of building ---- 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference, 20 columns, 9 feet circumference
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Title:
Hotel Thomas Jefferson Corder 2nd Ave and 17th St.
Birmingham (AL) unused
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The Old Mill Mountain Brook Estates
Birmingham (AL) unused
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Title:
Greetings from Birmingham
Birmingham (AL) unused
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Title:
State Farm Insurance Companies, Regional Office
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
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Title:
Terminal Station
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Birmingham, Ala.'s Terminal Station, a huge structure built 1906 with marble walls and high ceiling with skylight dome of leaded glass symbolic of the rail era of that time. Expected to be razed unless sufficient interest shown to preserve as part of City's museum and civic center.
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Title:
Temple Emanuel, Highland Avenue
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Science Hall, Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
19th Street From 1st Avenue
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
A Corner View In East Lake Park
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
Third Ave, From 18th Street
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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A View Of Residence Section In Norwood, 32nd Street
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Title:
The Prospectus Of The U.S. Post Office And Court House
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
Description:
The proposed new Post Office and Court House is to be located on the corner of Fifth Ave., and Nineteenth Street and will cover space approximately of two hundred by four hundred feet, and something less than two hundred thousand square feet of floor space. Began construction May first 1917 and is to be completed March 1919. This building will be of fire proof construction throughout. Exterior will be of Georgia Marble. The total cost with furnishings will be one million dollars. The corner stone was laid by the Grand Lodge of Alabama, A. F. & A. M. May 15th 1918
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Title:
White Marble Quarry
Birmingham (AL), White Border unused
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH ON NORTH 6TH AVE., IS ONE OF THE LEADING COLORED CHURHCES IN BIRMINGHAM.
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Title:
The First Methodist Church
Birmingham (AL), Chrome
Description:
The First Methodist Church of Birmingham, Alabama was established in 1872 and now has the largest membership in the Southeastern Jurisdiction. Long recognized as one of the most influential pulpits of Methodism, First Church carries an annual budget of well over $200,000. The Sanctuary building, erected in 1891, is of pure Romanesque design, with windows of unusual beauty.
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Title:
The Club Inc
Birmingham (AL), Chrome unused
Description:
Atop Red Mountain Overlooking Birmingham. Alabama
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Title:
Greetings From Birmingham
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Key to view on other side :- B - Jefferson Hospital. I - The Narrows Across Shades Mt. R - Library, Birmingham So. Col. M - Vestavia, Crest of Shades Mt. I - Vestavia, Crest of Shades Mt. N - Public Library, 21st St. & 6th Ave., N. G - Jefferson County Court House. H - Birmingham Auditorium. A - Terminal Station and Subway. M - Terminal Station and Subway.
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on North 6th Ave., is one of the leading colored churches of Birmingham.
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Title:
Brown Marx Building, 1st Ave, West from 21st St.,
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back
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Interior First Methodist Church
Birmingham (AL), Divided Back
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Title:
The Old Mill
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
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Title:
Waterfalls at Vulcan Park
Birmingham (AL), Linen unused
Description:
These beautiful waterfalls are at the foot of the Vulcan statue, the largest iron man in the world, made from pig iron produced in the Birmingham district in 1903 and sent to the World's Fair at St. Louis. Brought back to Birmingham and after being at the Alabama State Fair Grounds for many years it was moved to the top of Red Mountain, where it overlooks the city
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Title:
Vulcan, The Iron Man
Birmingham (AL) PM 1944
Description:
Vulcan, iron man built in 1904 by the Chamber of Commerce for the St. Louis Exposition. It is the second largest statue in America. It weighs 120,000 pounds and is 50 ft. tall. One thumb weighs 170 lbs. Placed on the top of Red Mountain by the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham. The base is of white Alabama marble Height of pedestal, 120 ft
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Title:
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham (AL) PM 1944
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