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subject : Powell School (Birmingham, Ala.)
Powell School property deeded to city in 1873 for white use only
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Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
1954-05-20
Subjects
Birmingham's first public school founded in 1874
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photograph of Gordon L. Starr.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
Thelma Young (creator)
1970-02-05
Subjects
Looking back first public school 1874
newspaper clipping
Includes engraving of the first public school building in Birmingham.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
1958-09-21
Subjects
Powell School, 6h Avenue and 24th Street
Image
Powell School on Twenty-Fourth Street on the southwest corner of Sixth Avenue, North, shown before the central tower was destroyed.
Southern History and Literature Department, Rare Book Room (source)
Isidore Newman & Son (publisher)
Isidore Newman & Son (creator)
1908
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Born in a tragedy-stricken city, Powell School will hold its own centennial
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photograph of the school's exterior.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
Lynn Reeves (creator)
1972-02-16
Subjects
City's first school started with a dream
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photograph of Powell School.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)
Cross, Ann (creator)
1957-11-12
Subjects
Fifty years ago teachers called Birmingham school kids by number
newspaper clipping
Include black and white illustration of Powell School and a photograph of Samuel Earle.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Post (publisher)
1932-09-24
Subjects
Up in the air
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photographs of children playing.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
Suzie Allen (creator)
1964-04-19
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Lot is bought for expanding Powell School
newspaper clipping
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Post (publisher)
1946-05-30
Subjects
Powell centennial brings memories of days long gone
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photograph of Simpson, Kennedy and Wood in front of Powell School.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)
1972-02-21
Subjects
Powell, first public school in this city rich in history of trials of education
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photographs of Powell School located at 2331 Sixth Avenue North and Rosa Strickland, principal.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News - Age-Herald (publisher)
1928-06-17
Subjects
Powell School's face-lifting now complete
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photographof a workman rechinking the red brick surface of Powell.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Post-Herald (publisher)
Ingram, Bill (contributor)
1969-08-23
Subjects
Study to determine Powell School fate
newspaper clipping
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
Subjects
Early education
newspaper clipping
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Age Herald (publisher)
1946-04-02
Subjects
Historic school in peril of expressway routing
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photograph of Gordon L. Starr.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
Kennedy, Harold (creator)
1974-07-11
Subjects
Henley and Powell are firetraps
newspaper clipping
Includes black and white photographs of both schools as well as photographs of Charlie Wise, Harry Singler, Mrs. Dan Martin and Oliver Steele.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham Post (publisher)
1941-03-25
Subjects
Thanks given for magic words gift
newspaper clipping
Include black and white photograph of T. Earl Diffee and Harriett V. Grimes
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
Lane Carter (creator)
1962-07-01
Subjects
Has info on Powell School
newspaper clipping
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
Mrs. Lois Segers (creator)
1972-03-16
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Powell School nominated historic place
newspaper clipping
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
1976-02-22
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Powell's students moving, site unsafe
newspaper clipping
Include black and white photograph of the front exterior of the school.
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
Birmingham News (publisher)
1980-11-03
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