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Title Guarantee Land and Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala. – Historic Reproduction

Title Guarantee Land and Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala., c1906. — historic photograph
Title Guarantee Land and Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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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Step back in time with Title Guarantee Land and Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Title Guarantee Land and Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala.

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Birmingham, Alabama, was growing at a remarkable pace around 1906, and the Title Guarantee Land and Trust Building shows the office construction that growth demanded. The city was founded in 1871 around iron, steel and coal, and its rapid expansion earned it the nickname "Magic City." This image survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its photographs of American towns, landscapes and commercial districts. Office blocks like this one reflected the booming real estate and business trade of the period.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 3629" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019427. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOffice buildings.United States--Alabama--Birmingham.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62830

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