Saturday, March 29, 2014
Birmingham Photo of the Day (1): Downtown, 1939
This 1939 photo from the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections shows the corner of 19th Street North and 2nd Avenue North. Visible are J.J. Newberry's Department Store, the Fan Tan Women's Clothing Shop in the former Peerless Saloon building and the Grayson Clothing Company.
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