[Birmingham, Alabama had a movie production company in 1928 and they made at least two films. This Birmingham News article from July 14, 1929,…
EAST LAKE ATHENEUM Private School for Young Ladies East Lake Atheneum in Birmingham, Alabama was a former private seminary of learning for young ladies. East…
REV. BENJAMIN TARRANT BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY (1792-1873) Jefferson County, Alabama OBITUARY from February 19, 1873, Birmingham Iron Age DIED, at the residence of his…
SOME INTERESTING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS 1926 Bevelle Junior High School Basket Ball team, which won the county Championship in the tournament held at Dadeville on…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM EVERETTE BERRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847- aft. 1904) Jefferson County, Alabama William Everette Berry, of Birmingham, Alabama, was born Feb. 17,…
From the Birmingham Iron Age of July 2, 1879, we gain a perspective on how children were dressed around this time with this article.…
Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods, and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent and wealthy business leaders, but today the…
Patron+ Incidents of the early settlement of Jones Valley, Alabama --- written in 1854 by about Davy Crockett's cousin Williamson Hawkins who settled in…
The Order of Knights of Pythias aim was to heal the wounds between the North and South and promote friendship among men and relieve suffering.…
ELYTON LAND COMPANY The city of Birmingham was conceived in the mind of engineer, John T. Milner who had surveyed the route of the…
Happy Birthday! HENRY BRAMLETTE GRAY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867 GA d. 1919 AL) Jefferson County, Alabama Henry Bramlette Gray was born in Calhoun, Ga.,…
Troubles came to Birmingham shortly after it was founded. An epidemic occurred in the beginning days of Birmingham that threatened its very existence as…
Happy Birthday! DR. JOSEPH RILEY SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1905) Jefferson County, Alabama Dr. Joseph Riley Smith, Sr., of Elyton, Alabama, was born Feb.…
These historic photographs take you back in time. Benjamin Pinkney "Pink" Worthington was a pioneer of the area around Avondale/Lakeview area of Birmingham, Alabama.…
First Deed in the City of Birmingham On the 1st day in June in 1871 lots were sold in the city of Birmingham. "The…
Happy Birthday! JOHN W. TOMLINSON BIOGRAPHY and GENELAOGY (1859-1940) Jefferson County, Alabama John W. Tomlinson of Birmingham, Alabama, was born Feb. 1, 1859, at…
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Two horse racetracks flourished around the turn of the century in Birmingham, Alabama. Trotwood Park was located at 75th Street and 9th Avenue North.…
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Happy Birthday! JOHN PLUMMER TILLMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENELAOGY (1849-1923) Perry and Jefferson County, Alabama John Plummer Tillman was born Jan. 25, 1849, in Perryville,…
Betty Jane Rase, was a teenager from Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama, then she became Miss Birmingham, Miss Alabama and was suddenly propelled onto the…
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Women race car and stunt drivers were quite popular in the early days of automobile racing. One outstanding driver was Elfrieda Mais who was…
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Happy Birthday! AARON ABSOLOM GAMBILL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865 -1933) Jefferson County, Alabama Aaron A. Gambill was a street tax and license collector of…
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Patron+ member story Arlington in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama is a wonderful example of Greek Revival architecture which dates back to the 1840s. It…
The first Birmingham Municipal Airport was located near Ensley. This is the story of how it started. In 1919, Major James A. Meissner, a…
![East Lake Atheneum was girl’s school, an orphanage, Catholic offices & now a school again [old pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Number-62-Trolley-Car-advertising-opening-of-East-Lake-Atheneum-220x166.jpg)
![Fountain Heights [film, photographs] – a historic connection to Birmingham’s past – can it be saved?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/U_S_Weather_Bureau_Station_Alta_Avenue_and_Lawn_Street-ca.-19081-220x138.jpg)
![Knights of Pythias established in 1864 to promote friendship between north and south [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OBriens_Opera_House2-220x152.jpg)
![Beautiful [photographs] of home of Benjamin P. Worthington, pioneer and a founder of Birmingham, Alabama](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Alex-Bush-Photographer-March-4-1937-FRONT-NORTH-AND-WEST-ELEVATION-Benjamin-Pinckney-Worthington-House-Sixth-Avenue-South-Birmingham-Jefferson-County-AL1-220x147.jpg)
![Did you know Birmingham once had two flourishing horse racetracks in the 1890s? – [old pictures and map]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fairgrounds-racing-postcard1-220x142.jpg)
![Patron+ Arlington – the only antebellum house left in Birmingham has ties to the city’s founders. [photographs & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Arlington-Alex-Bush-Photographer-March-4-1937-FRONT-NORTH-AND-WEST-ELEVATION-Arlington-Place-331-Cotton-Avenue-Southwest-Birmingham-Jefferson-County-AL1-220x154.jpg)
![[film & pics] This is the story & start of the Birmingham, Alabama airport in 1919](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Roberts-field-Birmingham-Public-Library-Archives-220x165.jpg)