Historic Photos Of Birmingham In The 50s 60s And 70s

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618583857

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Historic Photos of Birmingham in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by Anonim Pdf

Between 1950 and 1979, Birmingham, Alabama, experienced some of the most dramatic growth and change in its history. Booming suburbs, desegregation, the fall of steel and the rise of medical and educational research, a new emphasis on the fine arts, and other changes imparted to Birmingham a radical new look over that thirty-year period. Historic Photos of Birmingham in the 50s, 60s, and 70s highlights the changes that took place through pictures of busy shoppers, amusing advertising ploys, eager audiences, cultural achievements, towering buildings, influential citizens, new institutions, famous actors, and violent protests and demonstrations. Nearly 200 photographs, vividly reproduced in black-and-white with captions and introductions, give a clear idea of what the Birmingham landscape and environment was like during these years. This look back is the perfect reminiscence for those who remember the era and an ideal resource for those new to the city who may not.

Author : Charles Buchanan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237600

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Fading Ads of Birmingham by Charles Buchanan Pdf

The fading advertisements on the walls of Birmingham's buildings paint an illuminating picture of the men and women who built an industrial boomtown in the first half of the twentieth century. Advertising expert, artist and writer Charles Buchanan unravels the mysteries behind Birmingham's ghost signs to reveal glimpses of the past now hidden in plain sight. Featuring stunning color photography by Birmingham native Jonathan Purvis.

Author : Tim Hollis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625852380

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Christimas in Birmingham by Tim Hollis Pdf

For decades, the Christmas season in Birmingham was not complete without the sights and sounds of the retail district. During the season, the Magic City made magic with elaborate light displays and the Living Christmas Tree in Woodrow Wilson Park. Many remember the battling Santas of Loveman's and Pizitz, each vying for the hearts of the community. The elaborate Enchanted Forest dazzled shoppers on the sixth floor at Pizitz. In the 1940s, more than 200,000 people lined the streets each year to make merry for the Christmas Carnival parade. Author and local historian Tim Hollis celebrates the happy history of Birmingham's holiday season, reviving the traditions and festivities, the food and shopping of days gone by.

Author : Tim Hollis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625846976

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Memories of Downtown Birmingham by Tim Hollis Pdf

The bright lights of Birmingham's theater and retail district have shone over the Magic City for nearly one hundred years during the good times and the bad. During the early 1900s, small businesses, largely founded by immigrants who arrived in Birmingham with almost nothing, exploded into immensely popular shopping and entertainment destinations. The stories of entrepreneurs and immigrants like Louis Pizitz and his business rival, Adolph Loveman, exemplify the kind of rags-to-riches tales that make up much of the city's character. The theaters in the district, some with themed restrooms, inspired the head of Paramount Pictures to dub Birmingham's Alabama Theatre the "Showplace of the South." Author Tim Hollis celebrates and revives the spirit of the beloved department stores and famous theaters from the era of silent movies to the days of integration and change to today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618583864

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Historic Photos of Chattanooga in the 50s, 60s and 70s by Anonim Pdf

Nestled in a valley beside the Tennessee River and surrounded by the southern Appalachian mountains, Chattanooga is truly Tennessee’s most scenic city. With the experience of the Great Depression and World War II still strong in memory, and the legacy of the long-ago Civil War still percolating, Chattanoogans would grapple with the new realities of postwar America while preserving much of what had given the city its unique aura. In this companion volume to Historic Photos of Chattanooga, William F. Hull leads a tour past many Chattanooga landmarks from recent times, reminiscing with Chattanoogans who can remember and informing those new to the city who may not. Nearly 200 images reproduced in vivid black-and-white, with captions and introductions, show the Tivoli Theatre, Rock City, Dupont, Chickamauga Lake, Lovell Field, the Hunter Museum, Coca-Cola Bottling, Krystal, Erlanger Hospital, the Chattanooga Lookouts, radio legend Luther Masingill—still broadcasting today after 70 years—and, of course, the Chattanooga Choo Choo, among countless other subjects from yesteryear that remain key to the city’s past and present.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618586049

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Historic Photos of Birmingham by Anonim Pdf

HISTORIC PHOTOS OF BIRMINGHAM captures the remarkable journey of this cultural city of the South, with still photography from the finest archives of city, state and private collections. Through the late 1800's, the roaring Twenties, two World Wars and into the modern era, Birmingham has continued to grow and prosper by maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens. With hundreds of archival photos reproduced in stunning duotone on heavy art paper, this book is the perfect addition to any historian's collection.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Historic Photos
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1684421314

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Historic Photos of Detroit in the 50s, 60s, And 70s by Anonim Pdf

The 1950s, 60s, and 70s saw some of the most defining moments in our nation's history, and Detroit remained at the forefront during these decades of change. A companion book to Historic Photos of Detroit, Historic Photos of Detroit in the 50s, 60s, and 70s follows life, government, and events throughout Motor City's history, from its booming population, pro-sports reputation, and thriving automobile industry in the 50s; to the birth of Motown Records and the Detroit riot in the 60s; to a declining population, oil crisis, and expanding music scene in the 70s. This book illustrates the participants, riots, triumphs, and tragedies of this period through the lens of hundreds of historic photographs, published in striking black and white.

Author : Frank Adams,Burgin Mathews
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780817317805

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Doc by Frank Adams,Burgin Mathews Pdf

Autobiography of jazz elder statesman Frank “Doc” Adams, highlighting his role in Birmingham, Alabama’s, historic jazz scene and tracing his personal adventure that parallels, in many ways, the story and spirit of jazz itself. Doc tells the story of an accomplished jazz master, from his musical apprenticeship under John T. “Fess” Whatley and his time touring with Sun Ra and Duke Ellington to his own inspiring work as an educator and bandleader. Central to this narrative is the often-overlooked story of Birmingham’s unique jazz tradition and community. From the very beginnings of jazz, Birmingham was home to an active network of jazz practitioners and a remarkable system of jazz apprenticeship rooted in the city’s segregated schools. Birmingham musicians spread across the country to populate the sidelines of the nation’s bestknown bands. Local musicians, like Erskine Hawkins and members of his celebrated orchestra, returned home heroes. Frank “Doc” Adams explores, through first-hand experience, the history of this community, introducing readers to a large and colorful cast of characters—including “Fess” Whatley, the legendary “maker of musicians” who trained legions of Birmingham players and made a significant mark on the larger history of jazz. Adams’s interactions with the young Sun Ra, meanwhile, reveal life-changing lessons from one of American music’s most innovative personalities. Along the way, Adams reflects on his notable family, including his father, Oscar, editor of the Birmingham Reporter and an outspoken civic leader in the African American community, and Adams’s brother, Oscar Jr., who would become Alabama’s first black supreme court justice. Adams’s story offers a valuable window into the world of Birmingham’s black middle class in the days before the civil rights movement and integration. Throughout, Adams demonstrates the ways in which jazz professionalism became a source of pride within this community, and he offers his thoughts on the continued relevance of jazz education in the twenty-first century.

Author : Hernan Lopez Laiseca
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845848286

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The Argentine Temporada Motor Races 1950 to 1960 by Hernan Lopez Laiseca Pdf

This beautifully illustrated book captures the entire history of the Argentine Grand Prix and the Argentina International Temporada Series, covering all the great races of the golden age of motor sport – when danger and passion defined racing.

Author : ALTON. DOUGLAS DOUGLAS (JO.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1858585945

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BIRMINGHAM by ALTON. DOUGLAS DOUGLAS (JO.) Pdf

Author : T. K. Thorne
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613748671

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Last Chance for Justice by T. K. Thorne Pdf

On the morning of September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded outside the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls. Thirty-two years later, stymied by a code of silence and an imperfect and often racist legal system, only one person, Robert “Dynamite Bob” Chambliss, had been convicted in the murders, though a wider conspiracy was suspected. With many key witnesses and two suspects already dead, there seemed little hope of bringing anyone else to justice. But in 1995 the FBI and local law enforcement reopened the investigation in secret, led by detective Ben Herren of the Birmingham Police Department and special agent Bill Fleming of the FBI. For over a year, Herren and Fleming analyzed the original FBI files on the bombing and activities of the Ku Klux Klan, then began a search for new evidence. Their first interview—with Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry—broke open the case, but not in the way they expected. Told by a longtime officer of the Birmingham Police Department, Last Chance for Justice is the inside story of one of the most infamous crimes of the civil rights era. T. K. Thorne follows the ups and downs of the investigation, detailing how Herren and Fleming identified new witnesses and unearthed lost evidence. With tenacity, humor, dedication, and some luck, the pair encountered the worst and best in human nature on their journey to find justice, and perhaps closure, for the citizens of Birmingham.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Photography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005409854

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The British Journal of Photography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Herbie J Pilato
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781630760533

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Dashing, Daring, and Debonair by Herbie J Pilato Pdf

Be they actors, comedians, singers, dancers, or talk show hosts and personalities, everyone from George Burns and Milton Berle to Jack Benny and Jackie Gleason to Sid Caesar and Caesar Romero ignited their own particular brand of “man-erisms.” In the process, they each inspired their own particular brand of audience to cheer them on—whatever their guise. This book will explore and celebrate the men who invented manliness, and became stars in the process.It also profiles such teenage heartthrobs as Leave it to Beaver's Tony Dow and The Partridge Family's David Cassidy, stars who left an indelible impression on a generation of young girls.

Author : Janet Mendelsohn,Kieran Connell,Matthew Hilton,Val Williams
Publisher : Ikon Gallery
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Birmingham (England)
ISBN : 1904864996

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Janet Mendelsohn by Janet Mendelsohn,Kieran Connell,Matthew Hilton,Val Williams Pdf

This catalogue accompanies the first exhibition of Janet Mendelsohn's Varna Road photographs since they were shown at The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard in 1970. Made during 1967-69, they focus on Birmingham's inner-city district of Balsall Heath and in particular Kathleen, a young woman with whom Mendelsohn formed a close relationship.

Author : Kathryn Stockett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440697661

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a husband, she’s considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...