Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Truchon, Frank (creator)

1975-04-23

Topics covered: Connor vs New York Times trial; "Thrill Hill"; merger controversy in Homewood; sinkholes in Inglenook; cable television. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Black and white photograph of the Watts Building built in 1888 at 2006 Third Avenue, North. This photograph has often been said to show the funeral procession of famed Birmingham madam Louise Wooster because all of the carriages appear to be empty. Legend says that Birmingham citizens sent their carriages to her funeral to show respect; however, propriety prevented them from going themselves. The fact simply is that there was a funeral parlor in the Watts Building; this photograph likely is merely for advertisement purposes.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of 18th Street North with views of the Alabama Theatre, Parisian, Florence Cafe, and the Lyric Theatre.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1929

Black and white photograph of Second Avenue looking east from Nineteenth Street, which includes businesses, street cars and pedestrians.

Birmingham De Luxe book (source)

Davis Advertising & Sales Company (publisher)

1910

Black and white photograph of houses across the street from 7th Avenue.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

n.d.

View of First Avenue North looking east from 17th Street and showing streetcar tracks and overhead cables.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

circa 1938

Black and white photograph of First Avenue, North, looking eastward from near Fifty-fifth Street in the Woodlawn area. The dome in the center of the photograph is atop the old Woodlawn City Hall.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of a street scene with automobiles and businesses located at First Ave. North and Seventy-seventh Street.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham, Alabama (publisher)

1924

Black and white photograph of downtown Birmingham.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)

Black and white photograph of Twentieth Street looking northward from just past the railroad tracks. Many buildings are visible but the most prominent are (from left to right) the train shed at the Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station, the rear of the Woodward Building, the First National Bank of Birmingham building and the Comer Building.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of the eastern side of Twentieth Street, North, looking south from midway in the 500 block. Prominent in this view are the Molton Hotel and the original Tutwiler Hotel as well as the Watts Building.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Twentieth Street in downtown Birmingham looking northward from Morris Avenue. Prominent on the east side of the street are the Brown-Marx Building and the John Hand Building.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Twentieth Street North looking northward from the railroad tracks at Morris Avenue. Prominent in the view is the Union Train Station (later the Louisville and Nashville Train Station) and the Metropolitan Hotel on the left and the Louisville and Nashville freight depot on the right. The photograph was made before the construction of the Woodward Building in 1903.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Photograph (of a Shepherd Studio photograph) of a Levytype Company (of Cincinnatti, Ohio) engraving showing Twentieth Street looking north from First Avenue, North. The First National Bank of Birmingham Building is on the right. This building was called "Linn's Folly" because, when it was completed in 1873, it was an ambitious three-story building built of brick and towered over the rest of the early city. The building was also the site of Birmingham's "Calico Ball" held on December 31, 1873, to help raise spirits following a year that included a cholera epidemic and an economic panic.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

Hunt, O.V. (publisher)

Levytype Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) (creator)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962; Shepherd Studios (Birmingham, Ala.) (contributor)

1885

1981 Snow Fall. George Frame and Williard "Jack" Hurley on 20th Street

Birmingham Memory Project (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

McDavid, John (creator)

John McDavid (contributor)

1981

Black and white photograph looking northward from the Rainbow Viaduct (named for the U.S. Army's 67th "Rainbow" Division in World War I). In the center of the photograph are the Protective Life Insurance Company Building and the Comer (or Age-Herald) Building.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Third Avenue, North, as seen looking west from Twenty-second Street. Prominent are the Massey Building, the Title Building and the old 1888 Jefferson County Courthouse.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Photograph depicting the corner of 19th Street North and 2nd Avenue North showing J.J. Newberry's Department Store, the Fan Tan Shop in the old Peerless Saloon building and Grayson Clothing Company.

W.B. Phillips Collection no. 69, Archives Department. (source)

W.B. Phillips (publisher)

Phillips, W.B. (contributor)

1939

Black and white photograph of downtown birmingham at night.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)

1958

Black and white photograph showing Third Avenue, North, looking eastward from the middle of the 1800 block. Of interest is the Kress and Company store under construction on the left side of the street.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Third Avenue, North, at night looking eastward from 18th Street. Visible are the Lyric Theater and the Alabama Theater.

Archives and Manuscripts Department. Alfred C. Keily Collection no. 820 (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Keily, Alfred C. (creator)

1959-07-23

Black and white photograph of Forty-first (Spring) Street in Avondale looking south from First Avenue North.

Birmingham News Photograph Collection 1074 (Archives Department) (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

c1920

Black and white photograph of Forty-first (Spring) Street in Avondale looking south from First Avenue North.

Birmingham News Photograph Collection 1074 (Archives Department) (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

c1920

Black and white photograph of a flooded street with two men wading across the 1900 block of 4th Ave. N. Zingeser Bakery (1919 4th Ave. N.) and Norton Drug Co. can be seen in the background.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)

1920-05-12

Includes black and white photographs.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)

Cummins, Don (creator)

1960-08-09

Includes black and white photograph.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)

Casson, Barbara (creator)

1972-04-03

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

1975-08-17

Includes black and white photograph.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Beiman, Irving (creator)

1958-12-03

Includes architects drawing.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Beiman, Irving (creator)

1956-09-30

Black and white aerial view photograph of Birmingham's business district N-S & E-W RR from SE 20th St N to 26th St. Terminal Station to Oak Hill Cemetery.

Archives Department Collection 1556 (Photographs, General) (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Black and white photograph of the south side of First Avenue, North, looking westward from midway in the 2100 block. Prominent in the photograph are the Steiner Bank Building, the Protective Life Insurance Company Building and the American Traders Bank Building.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Morris Avenue looking east from a point near Eighteenth Street. In the center of the photograph is the back of the Morris Hotel and across the street from that is the Birmingham office of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Second Avenue North looking eastward from Nineteenth Street. Prominent in the photograph are the Peerless Saloon building in the foreground and the First National Bank of Birmingham building in the distance. Bunting and Confederate flags decorating the streets indicate that the photograph was made during one of the Confederate veteran reunions that occured in Birmingham in the early 1900s.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of the traffic circle at Five Points South as seen looking northward on Twentieth Street. Five Points South took its name from this intersection of Twentieth Street, Magnolia Avenue and Eleventh Avenue, South. Actually, there are a total of four five-way intersections in this area.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph showing the eastern side of the traffic circle at Five Points South and featuring the Texaco service station at 1029 Twentieth Street, South.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of the 1700 block of Second Avenue, North (looking eastward), in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. In the center of the block is the Ritz Theatre and in the distance can seen the sign identifying Pizitz Department Store.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)

1975-07-12

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Nunnelley, Carol (creator)

1974-06-16

Includes black and white photographs.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Alexander, Martha (creator)

1961-06-28

Includes architect's drawing

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

1959-10-04

Includes black and white photographs.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Beiman, Irving (creator)

1956-02-19

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)

1972-03-31

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)

1975-03-20

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)

1975-08-14

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)

[197?]

Black and white photograph looking northward up 20th Street from Second Avenue, North. Prominent in the view are the Watts Building and Porter Clothing Company.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograph of Ensley Avenue in the Bush Hills area. To the left can be seen part of the subway that was created for easy passage of streetcars. This pass was later filled.

Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)

O.V. Hunt (publisher)

Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)

Black and white photograh of the Highland Avenue area of Birmingham. looking north from Linden Street (Twenty-Seventh Street, South).

Birmingham De Luxe book (source)

Davis Advertising & Sales Company (publisher)

1910

Includes black and white photographs.

Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)

Birmingham News (publisher)

Stevens, Deborah L. (creator)

Farrow, Ralph (contributor)

1979-04-19