Before the trolleys there were street cars that ran on tracks which were imbedded into the streets. You really would need to be "older than dirt to remember them." Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Delilah Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports yes or they were called trolleys - Carl, you the expert on this. There is a photo of "Passengers in the late 1940's get off and on an East Lake Trolley from a raised platform in the middle of Twentitieth Street" This book was one of a series published a publishing co in Miami, FL., on several of the larger cities, Dr McMillan was from Auburn, he was a pro at AU and also a patient of the doctor I worked for. Since it is listed in the Library of Congress, you may can see some of the photos by just putting in Malcolm Cook McMillan - the ISBN is 0-912458-40-2. I know that my children's grandfather was part of the HABS project and took many photographs over Alabama and the LOC said I could print them out from my computerm this was a WPA project. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports | Did they use to have streetcars in Birmingham? | | JC wrote: | | >My GreatUncle ran the old Hillman when it was on its last leg, | >Middle 50's | >. If memory serves it was between 3rd and 4th avenue and about 23 and 24th | >st. north. | >I have been away a long time but I think thats right. The location | >the lady | >talked about may have been the old YWCA. | >jc harris | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> | >To: <[email protected]> | >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:38 PM | >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports | > | > | > | > | >>At 02:29 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: | >> | >> | >>>My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a | >>>fall from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in | >>>Birmingham. Was that the Hillman Hotel? | >>> | >>> | >>I don't think it was the Hillman Hotel, unless my old brain is | >>failing. | >> | >>To the best of my recollection, the Hillman Hotel burned to the | >>ground some time in the thirties. | >> | >>There was another hotel located very near the offices of the | >>Birmingham News newspaper, and the above address might fit that one | >>better. If so, perhaps an inquiry sent to the archives of the | >>Birmingham News might be helpful. | >> | >>Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee | >> | >> | >>------------------------------- | >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | >>[email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 09:00 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >Before the trolleys there were street cars that ran on tracks which were >imbedded into the streets. You really would need to be "older than dirt >to remember them." The term "street cars" and electric "trolleys" are synonymous. They mean the same thing. Carl, in Knoxville Tennessee

Please discuss the old days in private e-mails. Please. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Lackey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > Before the trolleys there were street cars that ran on tracks which were > imbedded into the streets. You really would need to be "older than dirt > to remember them." > Carol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Delilah > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > > > yes or they were called trolleys - Carl, you the expert on this. There > is a > photo of "Passengers in the late 1940's get off and on an East Lake > Trolley > from a raised platform in the middle of Twentitieth Street" > > This book was one of a series published a publishing co in Miami, FL., > on > several of the larger cities, Dr McMillan was from Auburn, he was a pro > at > AU and also a patient of the doctor I worked for. Since it is listed in > the > Library of Congress, you may can see some of the photos by just putting > in > Malcolm Cook McMillan - the ISBN is 0-912458-40-2. > I know that my children's grandfather was part of the HABS project and > took > many photographs over Alabama and the LOC said I could print them out > from > my computerm this was a WPA project. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > > > | Did they use to have streetcars in Birmingham? > | > | JC wrote: > | > | >My GreatUncle ran the old Hillman when it was on its last leg, > | >Middle > 50's > | >. If memory serves it was between 3rd and 4th avenue and about 23 and > 24th > | >st. north. > | >I have been away a long time but I think thats right. The location > | >the > lady > | >talked about may have been the old YWCA. > | >jc harris > | >----- Original Message ----- > | >From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> > | >To: <[email protected]> > | >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:38 PM > | >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news > reports > | > > | > > | > > | > > | >>At 02:29 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: > | >> > | >> > | >>>My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a > | >>>fall from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in > | >>>Birmingham. Was that the Hillman Hotel? > | >>> > | >>> > | >>I don't think it was the Hillman Hotel, unless my old brain is > | >>failing. > | >> > | >>To the best of my recollection, the Hillman Hotel burned to the > | >>ground some time in the thirties. > | >> > | >>There was another hotel located very near the offices of the > | >>Birmingham News newspaper, and the above address might fit that one > | >>better. If so, perhaps an inquiry sent to the archives of the > | >>Birmingham News might be helpful. > | >> > | >>Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee > | >> > | >> > | >>------------------------------- > | >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > | >>[email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >