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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.

ImageNeighborhoodPhotographer License
Norwood Boulevard, Norwood Norwood Lahti213, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
McDowell Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Norwood Norwood Mthunter58, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
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
The 3200 block of 29th Avenue North, Collegeville Collegeville Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The 3200 block of 29th Avenue North, Collegeville Collegeville Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The Bethel Baptist parsonage and guardhouse, Collegeville Collegeville Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Bethel Baptist Church, 3200 28th Avenue North, Collegeville Collegeville Ron Cogswell, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Source
Shady Grove Baptist Church, Collegeville Collegeville Quentin Melson, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
North Birmingham and Collegeville looking south toward downtown North Birmingham Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Slossfield Community Center, listed on the National Register of Historic Places North Birmingham Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
Slossfield Community Center North Birmingham Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
Slossfield Community Center Evergreen Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
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
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
The ACIPCO pipe storage yard, Acipco-Finley Acipco-Finley Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
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
Sardis Baptist Church, Birmingham Fountain Heights Quentin Melson, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
Birmingham houses photographed for the Farm Security Administration, 1936 Fountain Heights Walker Evans, Farm Security Administration (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Downtown Birmingham seen from Oak Hill Cemetery Fountain Heights Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
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
A pyramid-roofed worker cottage on Third Street, Thomas Thomas (Jefferson County) Diesing, David H., creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Worker housing along Seventh Street, Thomas Thomas (Jefferson County) Deising, David, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
A double two-room house with side porches, Edgewater Edgewater (Jefferson County) Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
A worker house with a columned porch, Edgewater Edgewater (Jefferson County) Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
A bungalow cottage built as Tennessee Coal and Iron worker housing Jefferson County Lowe, Jet (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The Joseph Martin House, 4502 Sixth Avenue Birmingham Jet Lowe Related names: Benz, Sue, transmitter (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
A double two-room cottage on Cedar Street Jefferson County Lowe, Jet (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Front porch window detail, Benjamin Pinckney Worthington House Birmingham Unknown (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The Jordan House Birmingham Sharon Phelan Evans, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
The Thompson House Birmingham Sharon Phelan Evans, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
Thomas School, Second Avenue North Avondale Lowe, Jet (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The Mill School at Avondale Avondale Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection Public domain Source
St. Luke AME Church, 28th Street North Birmingham Unknown (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Harmony Street Baptist Church Birmingham Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church Birmingham Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Streetscape at South Elyton Baptist Church Birmingham Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
St John the Evangelist, North Birmingham North Birmingham Brianboru100, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Birmingham Unknown (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Bethel Baptist Church, Collegeville — eastern elevation Collegeville Lowe, Jet Related names: Shuttlesworth, Fred Lee; Alabama Christian Mo (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Avondale Park Avondale Lahti213, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
The pond at Avondale Park Avondale Lahti213, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
Railroad Park, downtown Birmingham Birmingham Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Source
Rickwood Field Birmingham Related names: Lavoie, Catherine, transmitter Klugh, transmitter (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The 2100 block of 2nd Avenue North Birmingham Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
20th Street looking south from Linn Park toward Red Mountain Birmingham Lowe, Jet, creator (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Morris Avenue Birmingham Unknown (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
The Birmingham skyline Birmingham Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Source
Construction electricians installing new lighting circuits ARC Workforce Academy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Holmes, U.S. Navy Public domain Source
An electrician upgrading a breaker panel ARC Workforce Academy 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Source
A welding student running a bead in a college lab ARC Workforce Academy COD Newsroom, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Source
Students at work in a welding lab ARC Workforce Academy COD Newsroom, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Source
Finishing a freshly poured concrete slab ARC Workforce Academy Petty Officer 1st Class Carla Burdt, U.S. Navy Public domain Source
Builders setting concrete formwork ARC Workforce Academy U.S. Navy Public domain Source
Fitting PVC supply pipe on a repair job ARC Workforce Academy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel, U.S. Navy Public domain Source
An HVAC technician servicing a packaged rooftop unit ARC Workforce Academy Airman 1st Class Derrick Bole, U.S. Air Force Public domain Source
Storefronts in the Historic 4th Avenue Business District Birmingham Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
The Historic 4th Avenue Business District mid-revival Birmingham Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
Protective Stadium, opened 2021 at the neighborhood's southern edge Druid Hills Quidster4040, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
Building a wheelchair ramp Critical Repair Photographer's Mate 1st Class Christopher M. McCoin, U.S. Navy Public domain Source
A volunteer crew replaces a roof and builds an accessible porch Critical Repair U.S. Department of Agriculture Public domain Source
A technician mounts a ductless mini-split condenser Critical Repair Andrea Jenkins, U.S. Air Force Public domain Source
A high-efficiency heat pump outdoor unit Critical Repair Tony Webster, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0 Source
Installing attic insulation Critical Repair The EnergySmart Academy, via Wikimedia Commons CC0 Source
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
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
Workers' houses near Birmingham, photographed for the federal Resettlement Administration in the 1930s Birmingham Walker Evans (Library of Congress) Public domain Source
Regulars at a neighborhood coffee shop 3rd Places renee_mcgurk, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Source
Children on a neighborhood playground climber 3rd Places THX0477, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Source
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
The Jefferson County Truck Growers Association Farmers Market sign on Finley Avenue Acipco-Finley [Photo credit to be confirmed] [License to be confirmed] Source
A volunteer crew working a Northside sidewalk on a neighborhood clean-up day Northside [Photo credit to be confirmed] [License to be confirmed] Source
Volunteers gathered at the boulevard shelter for a neighborhood clean-up, Norwood Norwood [Photo credit to be confirmed] [License to be confirmed] Source
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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