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Identifier: jeffersoncountyb00birm (find matches)
Title: Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama ..
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Birmingham, Ala. Chamber of commerce. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Birmingham, Ala.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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b-bing trade amountsto $60,000,000 perannum. Birmingham is alsothe center of thelumber trade in Ala-bama. It is the sec-ond largest marketin the country foryellow pine. Whilethe growing of cottonis not carried onupon an extensivescale in JeffersonCounty, yet 125,000bales of that staplecommodity are han-dled annually in theBirmingham market.It is self evidentthat a city with suchlarge industrial andcommercial interestsis not lacking in greatstores. The retailtrade of Birminghamexcels in volume ofbusiness and in thenumber of handsomestores that of any southern city;among the latter being the largestdepartment store south of the OhioRiver. A citys growth and developmentwould be incomplete and lacking inessential points, were it only of a ma-terial character. Birmingham rush-ing forward with tremendous stridesto the front ranks of American cities,has not neglected the spiritual andintellectual welfare of its fast growingpopulation. Over 100 churches ofall denominations, 66 public schools,
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OFFICE BUILDINGS IN BIRMINGHAM five of them high schools, eight privateschools and nine colleges includingmedical, dental, and business col-leges and four public libraries are aneloquent and living proof to thecitys progressive spirit of educationand uplift. Nor has Birmingham in itstriumphal march to industrialand commercial greatness for-gotten the care of her sick andhelpless. It has two large publichospitals, a number of privatesanitariums, two orphan asy-lums, and various other charita-ble institutions to care for theag,ed and infirm. The population of Birminghamand its district is cosmopolitan,including a great number ofEuropeans and people fromalmost every state in the Union.It naturally follows that Birm-ingham is a cosmopolitan cityin all its aspects, chieflyamongst which are its placesof amusements and its sociallife. Five big theaters and a num-ber of smaller show places caterto the play and music-lovingpublic. Eight parks, one ofthem a large amuse-ment park, providerecreat

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