Historical Birmingham Photography Book Giveaway!!

Rachel Callahan

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UPDATED: I HAVE ANOTHER GIVEAWAY THAT FEATURES FIVE MORE OF THESE BOOKS BUT ABOUT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS!! $175 TOTAL VALUE!! CLICK HERE TO GO ENTER IT!
Turner Publishing sent me an awesome book to give away to you guys!!

It is called Historic Photos of Birmingham, and has 200 pages that poignantly tell the story of the city from the 1870’s to current day.

They sent me a copy as well so that I could check it out. When they offered it to me, I wasn’t sure if it would be interesting to me – I’m not huge on historical pictures normally. But let me tell you, the first night we got it, Chris and I both got completely sucked into it and read the entire thing!!

Now that might be impressive, but it IS a picture book. But we pored over it, reading every caption and studying every picture. It was fascinating!!!

The photos coupled with their well-written captions portray a storyline that is just completely captivating. It so made me want to go back and experience Birmingham in all of those time periods!! But just for a little bit. . . until it was time to do laundry or go to the bathroom or take a bath or. . . well you get the point.

If you’re not from Birmingham, this is a series – they also have similar books on quite a few other cities. Check to see if your city is on the list here.

Here are a couple of pictures of what is in the Birmingham book:

Downtown Birmingham in the 1870’s: dirt roads and tract houses.
The Jemison house in the 1880’s right in the middle of downtown. Apparently Mr. Jemison was “Mr. Birmingham” and owned quite a bit of it. Look at the tall buildings in the background that were already built that long ago!!
A traffic cop in the 1920’s:
The Spirit of St. Louis’ visit to Birmingham in the 20’s after it’s historical flight:
A group of CIVIL WAR veterans getting together to reminisce:
This picture really intrigued me. It was taken in 1961 at the Fairgrounds (somewhere I went many times as a child), and the kid in it looks JUST like my Dad did as a kid. Even Dad had to look at it for quite a while to confirm that it wasn’t him, finally deciding so that he looked a tad bit young to be him at the time:
The Alabama Cheerleaders back in the days of modesty:
All in all, it was a fascinating read. There were so many events photographed that mine and Chris’ parents and grandparents could very well have been in attendance. It’s a great read!!

So I have one copy of the Birmingham book to give away!! The retail price is $40 – this is a high quality, “coffee-table” book. It is really as good as I’ve said – I promise!!

All you have to do is comment on this post. Be sure to leave your email address if you think I might not know how to get in touch with you.

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The contest will close on Monday, February 2nd. I will randomly draw a winner and announce it at 3pm on February 3rd. I will also email the winner if available.

Good luck!!

UPDATED: I HAVE ANOTHER GIVEAWAY THAT FEATURES FIVE MORE OF THESE BOOKS BUT ABOUT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS!! $175 TOTAL VALUE!! CLICK HERE TO GO ENTER IT!

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314 thoughts on “Historical Birmingham Photography Book Giveaway!!”

  5. Please enter me 3 times. I did all 3 requirements. I love history! I would enjoy the book.
    ernestsgirl82 at aol dot com

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  7. Hi, I subscribed to your feed and left you a comment on your other book giveaways! Hopefully I get lucky the hubby and I love photography and books!!!

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  16. This is neat! Our kids love books, especially ones with lots of pictures! Would make a great addition to a homeschooling library!

    Thanks for the opportunity!

    truthav1611 at yahoo dot com

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  17. what an absolutely beautiful book! I love it!!! I would love to be considered!
    My email address is linked in my name :)

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  19. I didn’t even know books like this were made! I’d love to win this!!! I’d have to look thru it first to check it out as it looks so neat but then would give it to my SIL that lives in birmingham AL :)

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  35. These are some of the most fascinating historical picture I’ve ever seen. I would love to win this prize. I hope Canadians are eligible to enter.

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  44. AS a Bham resident, I would cherish these pages of history!
    Thank you so much the giveaway!
    I do hope you will drop by for a visit. You are welcome anytime! It’s just an island away…and a state of mind.
    I love new friends!

    Leigh Bratina
    http://www.lbratina.blogspot.com (are you reading?)

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  47. I would love to win this for my sister – she is a history teacher! Thank you!

    scrappychic12[at]live[dot]com

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  48. I would love to have this. I became interested in historical photographs when I discovered some of our old subdivision in St. Louis. They were from the 1910’s! Thanks for the great giveaway!

    babychooch (at) gmail {dot} com

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  56. I would love to win this book. I loved visiting this place! :)

    dreamzz12{at}aol{dot}com

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  61. That is such a cool book! I was born and raised in Birmingham until I was 10. My mom lived there almost her whole life though. She would love this book! Great mother’s day present! meagan(underscore)meyer(at)byu.edu

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  65. Count me in!! Grew up just in Alabama about an hour out of b’ham!! Would love to have it! Thanks Lisa speeeeedyme at gmail dot com

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  69. I would love to win this book of Birmingham. I’m not from there, but I drive through on occasion. It definitely looks interesting!

    Deanna

    deanna(DOT)franks(AT)bxs(DOT)com

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  72. I’m a Seattle girl now, but was born in Bham (along with my Mom and her entire family…great grandmother could be IN it..), and would LOVE this on my coffee table.

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  76. I’m not very familiar with Birmingham, but this looks like a great book anyways! The photos look wonderful, and I love historical photos!

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  81. this book looks really neat my son (7) is very into books and history so i think he would love this! BTW i have a 20$ giveaway going on my blog check it out ;)

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  82. OMG I love those pictures! This book is totally what I am into! I love history and absolutly love pictures from the old days! Pleae count me in for this giveaway!

    zonie_chick81(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  86. I would love this, my hubby’s family is based out of alabama so this would be great for family heritage

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  89. Cool books! I accidentally posted two comments on the other giveaway (for the four photo books)… I guess I had too many windows open at once. That’s what I get for multitasking!

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  90. I grew up in Ohio, far away from Birmingham. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t adore reading the book any less, though. I’d be quite happy if you entered me in your incredibly kind contest. My email is vampamber@yahoo.com in case I win. ^_^

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  98. Hey Rachel! Loving your pages! Enter me for your Historic Photos of Birmingham book giveaway! thanks!
    bhm_charlie at yahoo dot com

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  102. My children live in Birmingham. In fact my son-in-law was born and raised this. What a great gift this would be. Thanks for having the wonderful giveaway.

    dianad8008 AT gmail DOT com

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  104. I’ve seen these books for local towns and cities but for whatever reason I thought it was a local publisher and they didn’t have books covering areas outside of my local area.

    I’m a history buff and love these kind of books.

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  109. I’ve been through Birmingham a few times but never visited. It would be interesting to see the pictures of the old Birmingham. Thanks.

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