Yes on 2nd Avenue North betweeb 20th and 21st Streets. Pantage on 3rd Avenue. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

in or around - maybe the Docena area - if you have The Heritage of Jefferson County, Al book - look for the Docena Church of God - all those people are my family - I'll ask my cousin and see if she might know a baby that died then - I have diaries up to about 1970+ and I think my brother has the last 2, 1987, 1988 - I have not read those, I didn't know he had them until way after daddy died delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] diary note | Keep it up Delilah...I'm enjoying your dad's posts. So sad about the baby. | Was he in Birmingham at the time? | | | | ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Keep it up Delilah...I'm enjoying your dad's posts. So sad about the baby. Was he in Birmingham at the time? ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

II think the Birmingham Book can be found at some Books-a-Mill. Also he has a website that you can order them from. I'll find it and send to you. List Adm, is there a policy about putting that on the Jeff site or should I send it individually? Laura In a message dated 11/9/2007 4:39:55 P.M. Central Standard Time, diamond6468@mindspring.com writes: I have heard of that book but not sure where, I would like to find it if its possible - also if you want, I would love to see any old photos of the Jeff Cty area. delilah ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Monday, May 12, 1930 "sat up with a dead little baby" wonder who this could of been, none that I know of in my family. He also mentions the Elks a lot, they must of had dances there. In the back of this litle book is a "list of Easter Sundays to Year 1996", also a lot of other things "everybody should know" i.e. "Strength of Belt Leather" The tensile strength of good steer hide, well tanned, is as follows: The solid leather will sustain, per in. of width, 750 lbs. At the lacing, per in. of width, 210 lbs. Safe working tension, per in. of width, 55 - 75 lbs." Velocity of Electricity "A flash of lightning cleaves a cloud, appearing and disappearing in less than a hundred-thousandth part of a second and the velocity of electricity is such as would carry it in a single second over a distance almost equal to that which seperates the earth and moon." January 26, 1930, Sunday - my birthday, I am 21

These were in Birmingham? I've never heard of any of them. Were they downtown or neighborhood theaters like The Fairfield Theater, Wylam Theater, Ensley Theater, Central Park Theater? Don't know about Pete's Hotdogs either. Tell us more. Laura In a message dated 11/9/2007 3:30:55 P.M. Central Standard Time, Ming0204@aol.com writes: Of all the old Theaters no one has mentioned the Royal. All Cowboys that where me and my two Brothers went next door was the Capitol and then the Pantage. I must be older than most. After the movie Petes Hotdogs, is Pete"s still in the hole? ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Thanks and sorry....what I should have said was is there a site where we can post our own photos? Laura In a message dated 11/9/2007 3:04:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: Birmingham Public Library has some collections of old photos online: http://www.bplonline.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] photo websites > Since Delilah brought up the subject, and since I don't know how to do a > website either, does anyone know if there is a website for old > Birmingham/Jefferson County photos? Does the gen. society have one? > Melissa should know. I > know on the Walker County My Family site photos are posted. > > Also, I'm not selling here, but a local man, JD Weeks has a book out, > Birmingham Then and Now with photos of old Birmingham. Wonder if anyone > has seen > it? > > I have a few old postcards of scenes around Birmingham which I like to > incorporate into my photo albums/scrapbooks. There's just something about > those > old linen postcards. > > Laura ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I have heard of that book but not sure where, I would like to find it if its possible - also if you want, I would love to see any old photos of the Jeff Cty area. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] photo websites | Since Delilah brought up the subject, and since I don't know how to do a | website either, does anyone know if there is a website for old | Birmingham/Jefferson County photos? Does the gen. society have one? Melissa should know. I | know on the Walker County My Family site photos are posted. | | Also, I'm not selling here, but a local man, JD Weeks has a book out, | Birmingham Then and Now with photos of old Birmingham. Wonder if anyone has seen | it? | | I have a few old postcards of scenes around Birmingham which I like to | incorporate into my photo albums/scrapbooks. There's just something about those | old linen postcards. | | Laura | | | | ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

I contacted my friend and her aunt did work at Loveman's downtown, her name was Violet Key, her neice is at AU. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station | Oh, yes! Loveman's mezzanine for lunch! I have an early 1930's photograph, | taken by a sidewalk photographer, of my mother and an aunt-in-law meeting | for lunch at Loveman's. They were outside Loveman's dressed to the teeth. | When I went to a downtown movie by myself, sometimes I ate lunch at | Loveman's. Being a depression child I always got the cheaper cheese | sandwich - I can still taste it. Loveman's had a beautiful wooden-lined | escalator up just one floor, the only one until after WWII when Pizitz put | in one up six floors. | | Do you remember the front doors at Burger-Phillips operated by electric | eyes? And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your | feet bones with x-rays? Little did we know. Poll Parrot shoes there. | | Bill Erwin | -----Original Message----- | From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] | On Behalf Of PsychSW@aol.com | Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:16 AM | To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com | Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station | | Judi, thanks for the nice memories you shared. | Laura | PS: Anyone go to the Mickey Mouse Club at the Alabama. And when you went | shopping in different directions from your friends, didn't you always plan | to meet back "under the clock" at Lovemans and of course you had lunch | either at Britlings or on the mezzanine at Loveman's. | | | | ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes | in the subject and the body of the message | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Of all the old Theaters no one has mentioned the Royal. All Cowboys that where me and my two Brothers went next door was the Capitol and then the Pantage. I must be older than most. After the movie Petes Hotdogs, is Pete"s still in the hole? ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Since Delilah brought up the subject, and since I don't know how to do a website either, does anyone know if there is a website for old Birmingham/Jefferson County photos? Does the gen. society have one? Melissa should know. I know on the Walker County My Family site photos are posted. Also, I'm not selling here, but a local man, JD Weeks has a book out, Birmingham Then and Now with photos of old Birmingham. Wonder if anyone has seen it? I have a few old postcards of scenes around Birmingham which I like to incorporate into my photo albums/scrapbooks. There's just something about those old linen postcards. Laura ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Sorry....last message re street photographer from Laura In a message dated 11/9/2007 11:45:48 A.M. Central Standard Time, wrerwin@nc.rr.com writes: I have an early 1930's photograph, taken by a sidewalk photographer, of my mother and an aunt-in-law meeting for lunch at Loveman's. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 11/9/2007 11:45:48 A.M. Central Standard Time, wrerwin@nc.rr.com writes: I have an early 1930's photograph, taken by a sidewalk photographer, of my mother and an aunt-in-law meeting for lunch at Loveman's. I have one of my grandparents walking down 3rd Avenue...also by a street photographer. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Parisians had the X-ray thingy too where you got Buster Brown shoes and Red Goose (?). I think it was also Parisians where you could go into a recording booth and record a song on a little vinyl record. I sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and had that record for years. Wish I knew what happened to it. In a message dated 11/9/2007 11:45:48 A.M. Central Standard Time, wrerwin@nc.rr.com writes: Burger-Phillips operated by electric eyes? And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your feet bones with x-rays? Little did we know. Poll Parrot shoes there. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 11/9/2007 9:48:31 A.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: (the Carver?) that was being looked at for renovation. The Carver is in pretty good shape seems like. They have a jazz museum in it. I went to see "Menopause, the Musical" there back in the summer. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Birmingham Public Library has some collections of old photos online: http://www.bplonline.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] photo websites > Since Delilah brought up the subject, and since I don't know how to do a > website either, does anyone know if there is a website for old > Birmingham/Jefferson County photos? Does the gen. society have one? > Melissa should know. I > know on the Walker County My Family site photos are posted. > > Also, I'm not selling here, but a local man, JD Weeks has a book out, > Birmingham Then and Now with photos of old Birmingham. Wonder if anyone > has seen > it? > > I have a few old postcards of scenes around Birmingham which I like to > incorporate into my photo albums/scrapbooks. There's just something about > those > old linen postcards. > > Laura

Oh I had forgotten about lunch at Lovemans.That was a treat .Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station Oh, yes! Loveman's mezzanine for lunch! I have an early 1930's photograph, taken by a sidewalk photographer, of my mother and an aunt-in-law meeting for lunch at Loveman's. They were outside Loveman's dressed to the teeth. When I went to a downtown movie by myself, sometimes I ate lunch at Loveman's. Being a depression child I always got the cheaper cheese sandwich - I can still taste it. Loveman's had a beautiful wooden-lined escalator up just one floor, the only one until after WWII when Pizitz put in one up six floors. Do you remember the front doors at Burger-Phillips operated by electric eyes? And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your feet bones with x-rays? Little did we know. Poll Parrot shoes there. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PsychSW@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:16 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station Judi, thanks for the nice memories you shared. Laura PS: Anyone go to the Mickey Mouse Club at the Alabama. And when you went shopping in different directions from your friends, didn't you always plan to meet back "under the clock" at Lovemans and of course you had lunch either at Britlings or on the mezzanine at Loveman's. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Eastis family settled as pioneers in the airport area along with my Ellards, Bartons, and Yorks - intermarriage over several generations. I need to check my chart. Both families buried in the Ellard Cemetery on the hill above the airport that was moved to a beautiful site in Trussville. They were yeoman farmer families who settled eary on the best land. Industrious folk. After the Creek Indian cessions following the War of 1812, the Creek War, the Creek Civil War, and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, what they called "Alabama Fever" struck to the eastward and northward, and settlers poured in. The "on-the-ball" folk, the early arrivals, Eastises included, got the good valley lands. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandi Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:05 AM To: PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis; aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Wheelers and Eastics Peggy- Who are your Eastis. Our's was Anthony who married Ellie Vera Smith - they had 2 children. He was shot -- the killer thought he was someone else! Ellis later re-married and had 4 more children. Are your Eastis Italian? We've often wondered if he was but don't know. There was a royal family in Italy -- in the middle ages or so - by that name. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Wheelers and Eastics >I have some Eastis, but it has several spellings to the name. > Mine are buried at the Bivens Chapel Cemetery in Brookside. > > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RaeSunshin@aol.com> > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:21 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > > >> The Pleasant Grove Wheelers are my Wheelers -- but my mom and I both >> think >> we've run across Estelle. >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes! And there was "Vestavia" seen from afar even on the crest of Shades Mountain! Gone too to the Moronites. I have photographs of my Ohio relatives visiting it with my parents in the 1920s. It was the home of a noted mayor. It was a model of the Roman Temple to Vesta in Rome itself. Round with columns all 'round. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandi Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:15 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary Vulcan's up and the view is beautiful. We went up a couple of years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAdams505@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from > the Midwest, > there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) > Alabama Theatre > (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I > visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. > Hopefully, > he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in > Birmingham's history. > > RAdams > > > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh, yes! Loveman's mezzanine for lunch! I have an early 1930's photograph, taken by a sidewalk photographer, of my mother and an aunt-in-law meeting for lunch at Loveman's. They were outside Loveman's dressed to the teeth. When I went to a downtown movie by myself, sometimes I ate lunch at Loveman's. Being a depression child I always got the cheaper cheese sandwich - I can still taste it. Loveman's had a beautiful wooden-lined escalator up just one floor, the only one until after WWII when Pizitz put in one up six floors. Do you remember the front doors at Burger-Phillips operated by electric eyes? And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your feet bones with x-rays? Little did we know. Poll Parrot shoes there. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PsychSW@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:16 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station Judi, thanks for the nice memories you shared. Laura PS: Anyone go to the Mickey Mouse Club at the Alabama. And when you went shopping in different directions from your friends, didn't you always plan to meet back "under the clock" at Lovemans and of course you had lunch either at Britlings or on the mezzanine at Loveman's. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message