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subject : Historic buildings--Alabama--Birmingham
Silver's 5 Cents to $1.00 Store
photograph
Black and white photograph showing Silver's variety store at 209 Nineteenth Street North.
Archives Department. W. B. Phillips Collection no. 69 (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
W.B. Phillips (contributor)
1939
Subjects
1st Avenue North
photograph
Black and white photo of businesses located on First Avenue North at # 2023, # 2025 and the Protective Life Insurance Company Building at # 2027.
W.B. Phillips Collection 69, Archives Department (source)
W.B. Phillips (publisher)
Phillips, W.B. (contributor)
1939
Subjects
2nd Avenue, North, in Downtown Birmingham with Shops
photograph
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
Subjects
Shops on 3rd Avenue North
photograph
Black and white photograph showing shops located on 3rd Avenue North. The shops include the Cable-Burton Piano Company and Gail Joyce Motor Company.
Archives Department. W. B. Phillips Collection no. 69 (source)
W. B. Phillips (publisher)
Phillips, W.B. (contributor)
1939
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station assailed by a wrecking ball
Photograph
Black and white photograph made during demolition of Terminal Station. More than forty years later, citizens still lament the loss of this building--even those too young to have seen it.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham, Alabama (publisher)
Birmingham Regional Planning Commission (creator)
1969
Subjects
Aerial view of business district
photograph
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)
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station aerial view
photograph
Black and white aerial photograph of Birmingham's Terminal Station and the surrounding area.
Photographs, General Collection 1556, Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
William E. Ricker (creator)
Subjects
New Terminal Station, Birmingham, Ala.
Monograph
Monograph on Terminal Station
Swetland Publishing Co. (publisher)
Marye, P. Thornton (creator)
c. 1909
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station tower construction
Black and white photograph of one of Terminal Station's towers under construction.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
1906
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station, front view in color
Photograph
Color photograph of Terminal Station from the west side showing the subway tunnel beneath it.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
William Mobley (creator)
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station, interior view on moving day
photograph
Black and white photograph of the main waiting room of Terminal Station during removal of the benches prior the building's demolition.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
William E. Ricker (creator)
1969
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station's dome, interior view
Photograph
Black and white photograph of an interior view of Terminal Station's dome and one of the chandeliers.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station with train engine
Photograph
Black and white photograph showing the railroad tracks approaching from the south with Terminal Station visible in background.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
Subjects
Birmingham the magic city postcard
postcard
Color postcard of Terminal Station with "Birmingham the Magic City" sign in foreground. An artist has reversed the sign so that it reads right-to-left in this view. Actually, the sign faced the stat
Postcard Collection 1081. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station and "Magic City" sign under construction
Photograph
Black and white photograph of the installation of the "Welcome to Birmingham the Magic City" sign in front of Terminal Station in Birmingham, Alabama.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
Subjects
Birmingham Terminal Station interior on moving day
Photograph
Black and white photograph of men moving benches out of Terminal Station prior to the building's demolition.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
William E. Ricker (creator)
1969
Subjects
Birmingham's Terminal Station, west front view
photograph
Black and white photograph of Birmingham's Terminal Station on the Twenty-sixth Street side shortly before its demolition.
Photographs, General Collection 1556. Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
1969
Subjects
Nixon Building
photograph
The Nixon Building, built about 1922, is located on the corner of Ensley Avenue and 20th Street with its front side facing south on 20th Street. It is a two story brick building, painted white and of
Archives Department, Jefferson County Historical Commission (source)
Norris, Ray (publisher)
Norris, Ray (contributor)
September 1972
Subjects
Silver Slipper Restaurant
photograph
Black and white photo depicting restaurants in the 1700 block on Fourth Avenue North.
Archives Department. W. B. Phillips Collection no. 69 (source)
W.B. Phillips (publisher)
Phillips, W.B. (contributor)
1939
Subjects
Terminal Station
photograph
Black and white photograph of the west facade, the Twenty-sixth Street side, of Terminal Station from the south. Of interest is a sign next to the telephone pole at the right that says, "Colored Taxi
Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department (source)
O.V. Hunt (publisher)
Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 (creator)
Subjects
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