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

At 05:40 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >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. My father worked for the old BRL&P {Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co} from the end of WW I until his death in 1945. Initially he was a trolley conductor {collected the money and tickets} but later became a "dispatcher" responsible for keeping the trolleys and buses running on schedule. The BRL&P was the predecessor of the Birmingham Electric Company, the Birmingham Transit Company, and whatever the current public transportation system is named. Before the electric trolleys came into use, there was a mule drawn rail car that ran from the down town business section, southward along 20th street, then up the steep hillside to Five Points South. That was the end of the line and the turn around location. I have a very old photo of that mule drawn rail car. Will be happy to share that and other old Birmingham area photos if someone can tell me how to post photos ..... I don't think that it's appropriate to "attach" them to regular notes such as this one ? Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee