About this site
Every photograph on this site is public domain or Creative Commons, and every photographer is credited here.
The images on this site come from the Historic American Buildings Survey and the Farm Security Administration by way of the Library of Congress (public domain), and from photographers who published their work under Creative Commons licenses on Wikimedia Commons. Attribution is a condition of those licenses.
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Norwood Boulevard, Norwood | Norwood | Lahti213, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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McDowell Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Norwood | Norwood | Mthunter58, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Bethel Baptist Church, Collegeville — a National Historic Landmark of the civil rights movement | Collegeville | Jet Lowe, Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The 3200 block of 29th Avenue North, Collegeville | Collegeville | Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The 3200 block of 29th Avenue North, Collegeville | Collegeville | Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The Bethel Baptist parsonage and guardhouse, Collegeville | Collegeville | Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Bethel Baptist Church, 3200 28th Avenue North, Collegeville | Collegeville | Ron Cogswell, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | Source |
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Shady Grove Baptist Church, Collegeville | Collegeville | Quentin Melson, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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North Birmingham and Collegeville looking south toward downtown | North Birmingham | Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Slossfield Community Center, listed on the National Register of Historic Places | North Birmingham | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Slossfield Community Center | North Birmingham | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Slossfield Community Center | Evergreen | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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The Finley Roundhouse, built 1915 as part of the Southern Railway's Finley Yard | Acipco-Finley | Finleyman9819, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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The American Cast Iron Pipe Company works at 1501 31st Avenue North — the neighborhood's namesake and anchor employer since 1905 | Acipco-Finley | Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The ACIPCO pipe storage yard, Acipco-Finley | Acipco-Finley | Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Crane operator Ted Seals pours molten iron into a 1,300-ton holding furnace at ACIPCO | Acipco-Finley | Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Sardis Baptist Church, Birmingham | Fountain Heights | Quentin Melson, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Birmingham houses photographed for the Farm Security Administration, 1936 | Fountain Heights | Walker Evans, Farm Security Administration (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Downtown Birmingham seen from Oak Hill Cemetery | Fountain Heights | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source |
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A shotgun house on Third Street in Thomas, a Jefferson County mill village | Thomas (Jefferson County) | Diesing, David H., creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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A pyramid-roofed worker cottage on Third Street, Thomas | Thomas (Jefferson County) | Diesing, David H., creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Worker housing along Seventh Street, Thomas | Thomas (Jefferson County) | Deising, David, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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A double two-room house with side porches, Edgewater | Edgewater (Jefferson County) | Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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A worker house with a columned porch, Edgewater | Edgewater (Jefferson County) | Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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A bungalow cottage built as Tennessee Coal and Iron worker housing | Jefferson County | Lowe, Jet (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The Joseph Martin House, 4502 Sixth Avenue | Birmingham | Jet Lowe Related names: Benz, Sue, transmitter (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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A double two-room cottage on Cedar Street | Jefferson County | Lowe, Jet (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Front porch window detail, Benjamin Pinckney Worthington House | Birmingham | Unknown (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The Jordan House | Birmingham | Sharon Phelan Evans, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source |
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The Thompson House | Birmingham | Sharon Phelan Evans, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source |
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Thomas School, Second Avenue North | Avondale | Lowe, Jet (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The Mill School at Avondale | Avondale | Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection | Public domain | Source |
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St. Luke AME Church, 28th Street North | Birmingham | Unknown (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Harmony Street Baptist Church | Birmingham | Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church | Birmingham | Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Streetscape at South Elyton Baptist Church | Birmingham | Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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St John the Evangelist, North Birmingham | North Birmingham | Brianboru100, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church | Birmingham | Unknown (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Bethel Baptist Church, Collegeville — eastern elevation | Collegeville | Lowe, Jet Related names: Shuttlesworth, Fred Lee; Alabama Christian Mo (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Avondale Park | Avondale | Lahti213, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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The pond at Avondale Park | Avondale | Lahti213, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Railroad Park, downtown Birmingham | Birmingham | Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Source |
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Rickwood Field | Birmingham | Related names: Lavoie, Catherine, transmitter Klugh, transmitter (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The 2100 block of 2nd Avenue North | Birmingham | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source |
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20th Street looking south from Linn Park toward Red Mountain | Birmingham | Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Morris Avenue | Birmingham | Unknown (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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The Birmingham skyline | Birmingham | Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Source |
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Construction electricians installing new lighting circuits | ARC Workforce Academy | Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Holmes, U.S. Navy | Public domain | Source |
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An electrician upgrading a breaker panel | ARC Workforce Academy | 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | Source |
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A welding student running a bead in a college lab | ARC Workforce Academy | COD Newsroom, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | Source |
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Students at work in a welding lab | ARC Workforce Academy | COD Newsroom, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | Source |
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Finishing a freshly poured concrete slab | ARC Workforce Academy | Petty Officer 1st Class Carla Burdt, U.S. Navy | Public domain | Source |
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Builders setting concrete formwork | ARC Workforce Academy | U.S. Navy | Public domain | Source |
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Fitting PVC supply pipe on a repair job | ARC Workforce Academy | Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel, U.S. Navy | Public domain | Source |
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An HVAC technician servicing a packaged rooftop unit | ARC Workforce Academy | Airman 1st Class Derrick Bole, U.S. Air Force | Public domain | Source |
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Storefronts in the Historic 4th Avenue Business District | Birmingham | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source |
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The Historic 4th Avenue Business District mid-revival | Birmingham | Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source |
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Protective Stadium, opened 2021 at the neighborhood's southern edge | Druid Hills | Quidster4040, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Source |
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Building a wheelchair ramp | Critical Repair | Photographer's Mate 1st Class Christopher M. McCoin, U.S. Navy | Public domain | Source |
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A volunteer crew replaces a roof and builds an accessible porch | Critical Repair | U.S. Department of Agriculture | Public domain | Source |
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A technician mounts a ductless mini-split condenser | Critical Repair | Andrea Jenkins, U.S. Air Force | Public domain | Source |
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A high-efficiency heat pump outdoor unit | Critical Repair | Tony Webster, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 | Source |
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Installing attic insulation | Critical Repair | The EnergySmart Academy, via Wikimedia Commons | CC0 | Source |
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The Star Uptown master plan, rendered across the former Carraway Hospital campus | Druid Hills | Star Uptown development team rendering, provided by Northside Initiative | Used by permission of the copyright holder | Source |
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The Fred Shuttlesworth statue at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute — pastor of Bethel Baptist in Collegeville, 1953–1961 | Collegeville | Carol M. Highsmith (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Workers' houses near Birmingham, photographed for the federal Resettlement Administration in the 1930s | Birmingham | Walker Evans (Library of Congress) | Public domain | Source |
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Regulars at a neighborhood coffee shop | 3rd Places | renee_mcgurk, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | Source |
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Children on a neighborhood playground climber | 3rd Places | THX0477, via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | Source |
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Volunteers with the morning's harvest in the community garden beside the ACIPCO works | Acipco-Finley | [Photo credit to be confirmed] | [License to be confirmed] | Source |
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The Jefferson County Truck Growers Association Farmers Market sign on Finley Avenue | Acipco-Finley | [Photo credit to be confirmed] | [License to be confirmed] | Source |
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A volunteer crew working a Northside sidewalk on a neighborhood clean-up day | Northside | [Photo credit to be confirmed] | [License to be confirmed] | Source |
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Volunteers gathered at the boulevard shelter for a neighborhood clean-up, Norwood | Norwood | [Photo credit to be confirmed] | [License to be confirmed] | Source |
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Concept rendering: the Slossfield Community Center restored and back in use as a neighborhood senior center | Evergreen | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration of a proposal, not a photograph of an existing place | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source |
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Concept rendering: a neighborhood public pool with swimming lessons underway | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration of a proposal, not a photograph of an existing place | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: a neighborhood coffee shop with an indoor play area in view of every table | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration of a proposal, not a photograph of an existing place | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: a restored prewar neighborhood storefront row at golden hour | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration, not a photograph of an existing place or person | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: a 1920s neighborhood bank building, waiting for its next life | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration, not a photograph of an existing place or person | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: vendor tables at an open-air produce market at dawn | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration, not a photograph of an existing place or person | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: a mid-century corner grocery building, intact and waiting | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration, not a photograph of an existing place or person | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: a longtime neighborhood restaurant owner at her counter | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration, not a photograph of an existing place or person | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source | |
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Concept rendering: an evening business course in a church fellowship hall | Concept rendering for Northside Initiative — an illustration, not a photograph of an existing place or person | Illustrative concept rendering — not a photograph | Source |
Photographs are cropped and resized for the web. Several carry a share-alike condition; see each license for terms. Replacing these with the organization's own photography removes all of these obligations.