Welcome to Postcard Birmingham

Postcard Birmingham is a random look at  Birmingham, Alabama history through about 533old picture postcards. The links take you to pages of thumbnails that allow you to browse the categories.  109 more recent photos and, in some cases, historical photos accompany some of the postcards. Corrections and historical anecdotes are welcomed. 
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This site is a work always in progress since 1997 by Warren Reed
   
Restaurants Hotels Motels Churches Public
Buildings
Business
Advertising 		Heavy
Industry		 Transportation/
Terminal 		Highland
Avenue		 Parks, Zoo,
Legion Field
Residential Schools Downtown
Views		 Coal & Iron Ore
Mining		 Vulcan
Health Clubs, Pools, 
 Golf, Theatres		 Buildings Vulcan Miscellaneous
Featured post cards
with more recent photo.
Click the image. 		Convent of Perpetual Adoration also known as
Blessed Sacrement Academy

Altamont Apartments
Highland Avenue

Other Birmingham
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Thumbs for postcards added since
October 3, 2007.
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Left to Right:
*Greenwood's Cafe, N 20th Street
*Birmingham Packing & Cold Storage
*Early S.H. Kress 5, 10 & 25 Building

Left to Right:
*Toddle House
*Hot Pot Engine, Ensley, 1911
*North Birmingham Water Works
*The new "Central High School"
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