Birmingham, Alabama, 1916 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Birmingham, Alabama, 1916 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Skyline south from Y.M.C.A., Birmingham, Alabama
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Birmingham, Alabama, 1916
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Birmingham, Alabama, in 1916 was a city of iron furnaces, coal mines, and rail lines, with the Sloss-Sheffield works and other plants running along the Jones Valley. That year Alabama's statewide prohibition law took effect, closing saloons in a city whose workers had long gathered in them after shift changes. Church groups, temperance societies, and the city's business leaders argued that the ban would steady the labor force and cut drunkenness on the job, while many working men saw it as an imposition on their leisure. Residents who lived through the year would have measured the city by its smoke, its streetcar lines, and the crowds gathering downtown.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Creator | knox, j. f. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Alabama |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,298 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Skyline south from Y.M.C.A., Birmingham, Alabama |
| Reference | AL Birmingham 2 1916 |
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