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[[File:Hunt-20th Street 1928.jpg|right|thumb|525px|[[O. V. Hunt]] photo of c. 1928 work on [[Birmingham Electric Company]] streetcar lines on [[20th Street North]].]]
'''1928''' was the 57th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].
'''1928''' was the 57th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[May 4]]: "The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson had its Birmingham premiere at the [[Strand Theater]].
* [[June 7]]: The [[Little Garden Club]] was organized.
* [[June 7]]: The [[Little Garden Club]] was organized.
* [[July 5]]: [[Tuskegee Institute]] scientist [[George Washington Carver]] spoke on the industrial uses of the sweet potato and the peanut at the [[Empire Theater]].
* [[August 3]]: The [[Birmingham Amateur Movie Association]] was founded.
* [[August 3]]: The [[Birmingham Amateur Movie Association]] was founded.
* [[August 5]]: The [[Empire Theater]] hosted an amplified live radio address from Jehovah's Witnesses leader Joseph Rutherford, broadcast from Detroit, Michigan.
* August: The [[Nathan Bedford Forrest Klan No. 60]] burned an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith at a political rally in [[Wahouma]].
* [[October 1]]: The [[Empire Theater]] reopened as Birmingham's primary MGM exhibitor with the premiere of "While the City Sleeps"
* [[December 1]]: [[St Tammany & Gulf Airlines]] began carrying regular air mail service to Birmingham.
* The community of [[Alden]] was built as a camp for workers at the [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]]'s [[Flat Top Mine]].
* The community of [[Alden]] was built as a camp for workers at the [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]]'s [[Flat Top Mine]].
* An 83-acre parcel was added to [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
* A 5-acre parcel was acquired from the [[Jones Valley Land Company]] for a playground and athletic fields at [[Jones Valley High School]].
* A 1-acre parcel was added to [[Shades Valley Cemetery]].
* The [[Alabama Power Company]] connected [[Harpersville]] to its distribution grid.
* [[James Head]] co-founded the [[Alabama chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews]].
* The [[Alabama League of Municipalities|Alabama Association of Mayors and City Commissioners]] was renamed the [[Alabama League of Municipalities]].


===Business===
===Business===
* [[September 1]]: The [[St Louis–San Francisco Railway]] acquired the assets of the [[Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad]].
* [[WAPI-AM]] relocated from [[Auburn]] to [[Birmingham]].
* [[M. D. Smith Jr]] purchased [[WBRC-AM]].
* The [[Bama Company|A. N. Chappell & Co.]] began doing business as the [[Bama Company]].
====Establishments====
[[File:Irwin's Tie Shop.jpg|right|thumb|Irwin's Tie Shop, opened 1928]]
[[File:Irwin's Tie Shop.jpg|right|thumb|Irwin's Tie Shop, opened 1928]]
* The [[Southern Natural Gas Company|Southern Natural Gas Corporation]] was founded.
* [[Christopher Chenery]] founded the [[Southern Natural Gas Company|Southern Natural Gas Corporation]].
* [[W. S. Edwards Sr]], [[Mark Hodo]] and [[W. D. Phillips]] founded the [[Exchange-Security Bank]].
* [[W. S. Edwards Sr]], [[Mark Hodo]] and [[W. D. Phillips]] founded the [[Exchange-Security Bank]].
* The architectural firm of [[Denham, Van Keuren & Denham]] split back into [[Denham & Denham]] and the [[E. B. Van Keuren & Co.]]
* [[WAPI-AM]] relocated from [[Auburn]] to [[Birmingham]].
* The [[Birmingham Colored Golf & Country Club]] was incorporated.
* The [[Birmingham Colored Golf & Country Club]] was incorporated.
* [[Marvin Gilchrist|Marvin "Doc" Gilchrist]] opened [[Gilchrist|Gilchrist Drug]] in [[Mountain Brook Village]].
* [[Marvin Gilchrist|Marvin "Doc" Gilchrist]] opened [[Gilchrist|Gilchrist Drug]] in [[Mountain Brook Village]].
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* [[Irwin Koplon]] opened [[Irwin's Tie Shop]].
* [[Irwin Koplon]] opened [[Irwin's Tie Shop]].
* [[MBA Engineers|Hudson & Associates]] engineers was founded.
* [[MBA Engineers|Hudson & Associates]] engineers was founded.
* [[Redmont Tire Company]] was incorporated.
* [[Redmont Tire Company]] was incorporated by [[George Menefee]].
* [[Fairfield Furnace No. 5]] and [[Fairfield Furnace No. 6]] went into blast.
* The ''[[Shades Valley Times]]'' began publication.
* The [[Brock Drug Company]] opened.
* The [[Gulf States Paper Mill]] in [[Alberta]] opened.
* [[Bob Harbin]] founded [[Harbin Discount Pharmacy]].
* [[E. L. Higdon]] founded the [[Highway Advertising Company]].
* [[Hopewell Cemetery]] opened in [[Hueytown]].
* [[Lincoln Memorial Cemetery]] opened in [[McCalla]].
* [[Watkins Brick Co.]] began production.
 
====Disestablishments====
* [[April 8]]: The ''[[Alabama Traveler]]'' ceased publication
* [[September 15]]: [[Temple Theater|Loew's Temple Theatre]] closed.
* The architectural firm of [[Denham, Van Keuren & Denham]] split back into [[Denham & Denham]] and the [[E. B. Van Keuren & Co.]]
* The [[The Grasselli Chemical Company]] was acquired by E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co.


===Education===
===Education===
* [[Dunbar High School|Bessemer Colored High School]] was renamed for poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
* [[Hall-Kent Elementary School]] opened.
* [[Hall-Kent Elementary School]] opened.
* [[Hemphill Elementary School]] expanded into the former [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 15]].
* [[Holman School]] opened.
* [[Holman School]] opened.
* [[Fairfield High School]] opened.
* [[Mountain Brook Elementary School]] opened.
* [[Mountain Brook Elementary School]] opened.
* [[Wilson Elementary School]] opened.
* [[Wilson Elementary School]] opened.
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* [[Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church]] was founded.
* [[Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church]] was founded.
* [[Unity of Birmingham]] was chartered.
* [[Unity of Birmingham]] was chartered.
* [[Union Hill Methodist Episcopal Church]] changed its name to [[Canterbury Methodist Episcopal Church]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
*
[[File:Snitz Snider 1928.jpg|right|thumb|Snitz Snider in 1928]]
* [[September 8]]: [[Jimmy Johnston]] set a still-standing [[Birmingham Barons records|Birmingham Barons record]] by stealing 3 bases in one inning vs. Mobile.
* [[Stuffy Stewart]] set a still-standing [[Birmingham Barons records|Birmingham Barons record]] with 138 runs over the course of the season.
* The [[1928 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] championship
* [[Snitz Snider]] competed in the 400-meter race and [[Ed Willis Barnett]] competed as a fencer at the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.


==Works==
==Works==
* The neon [[Barber's clock]] on the [[Shepherd-Sloss Building]] was erected.
* ''[[Hilltop in the Rain]]'', novel by [[James Saxon Childers]]
* ''[[The Light Shines Through]]'', [[Florian Slappey Goes Abroad]]'', and ''[[Spring Tide]]'', novels by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]]
* A neon [[Buffalo Rock sign]] was erected on the [[Shepherd-Sloss Building]].
* "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail No. 2]]", record by Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton
* "[[Pine Top's Boogie Woogie]]", record by [[Pinetop Smith]]
* [[Miss Iwate]], friendship doll
* [[Miss Iwate]], friendship doll
* A replica of the 1830 "Best Friend of Charleston" locomotive was constructed at the [[Finley Yard]] shops.
* [[Dorothy Sebastian]] co-starred alongside Joan Crawford in "Our Dancing Daughters".
* Two paintings by [[Carrie Hill]] were exhibited at "Le Salon" by the Société des Artistes Français.
* [[Ernest Henderson]] began producing the "[[Flying to Fame]]" syndicated comic strip.
* [[Charlie Stripling|Charlie]] and [[Ira Stripling]] made their first records at [[Bankhead Towers]].
* [[Lucille Bogan]] released several records under the name "Bessie Jackson".


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
[[File:Protective Life Bldg postcard sm.jpg|right|thumb|Protective Life Building]]
[[File:Protective Life Bldg postcard sm.jpg|right|thumb|Protective Life Building]]
* [[Hall-Kent Elementary School]] in [[Homewood]]
* [[Avondale Elementary School]] addition
* [[Barrett Elementary School]] addition
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 15]] in [[Arlington-West End]]
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 15]] in [[Arlington-West End]]
* [[Birmingham Police Headquarters|Drug Co. Building]] on [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* [[Birmingham Police Headquarters|Drug Co. Building]] on [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* [[Birmingham Southern Railroad freight depot]] on [[14th Street North]]
* [[Birmingham Southern Railroad freight depot]] on [[14th Street North]]
* [[Corner High School]] addition
* [[Councill Elementary School]] addition
* [[Dr Pepper Bottling Plant]] on [[2nd Avenue South]]
* [[Dr Pepper Bottling Plant]] on [[2nd Avenue South]]
* [[Easley Bridge]] over the [[Dub branch]] of [[Calvert Prong]] in [[Blount County]]
* [[Easley Bridge]] over the [[Dub branch]] of [[Calvert Prong]] in [[Blount County]]
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* [[Gibson Elementary School]] addition
* [[Gibson Elementary School]] addition
* [[Glen Iris Elementary School]] addition
* [[Glen Iris Elementary School]] addition
* [[Hall-Kent Elementary School]] in [[Homewood]]
* [[Fred Jones Building]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Kracke Building|Hillman Hospital School of Nursing Residence]] and [[New Hillman Building]] on [[7th Avenue South]]
* [[Kracke Building|Hillman Hospital School of Nursing Residence]] and [[New Hillman Building]] on [[7th Avenue South]]
* [[Holman School]] in [[Woodlawn Highlands]]
* [[Holman School]] in [[Woodlawn Highlands]]
* [[Homewood City Hall]] on [[29th Avenue South Homewood|29th Avenue South]]
* [[Homewood Theatre (cinema)|Homewood Theatre]]
* [[Homewood Theatre (cinema)|Homewood Theatre]]
* [[Jackson Elementary School]] addition
* [[Jackson Elementary School]] addition
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* [[Aldrich Coal Mine Museum|Montevallo Mining Co. Store]] at [[Aldrich]]
* [[Aldrich Coal Mine Museum|Montevallo Mining Co. Store]] at [[Aldrich]]
* [[Mountain Brook Elementary School]]
* [[Mountain Brook Elementary School]]
* [[Mountain Brook Model Estate]] on [[Mountain Brook Parkway]]
* [[Mountain Brook Model Estate]] on [[Mountain Brook Parkway]], purchased by [[Herbert Tutwiler]]
* [[Munger Building]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Munger Building]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Munger Hall]] at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[Munger Hall]] at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[Newton Manor]] apartments on [[20th Street South]]
* [[Newton Manor]] apartments on [[20th Street South]]
* [[Norwood Elementary School]] addition
* [[Parisian building]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]
* [[Parisian building]] on [[3rd Avenue North]]
* [[Pioneer Memorial Chapel]] at [[Oak Hill Cemetery]]
* [[Protective Life building]] on [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* [[Protective Life building]] on [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* The entrance building at [[Rickwood Field]] opened.
* [[Ruthlon Apartments]] on [[33rd Street South]]
* [[Ruthlon Apartments]] on [[33rd Street South]]
* [[Shepherd-Sloss Building]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Shepherd-Sloss Building]] at [[Five Points South]]
* [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]] education building
* [[St Clement Catholic Church]] in [[Woodlawn]]
* [[St Clement Catholic Church]] in [[Woodlawn]]
* [[Steele School]] in [[Steele]]
* [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] in [[Edgewood]]
* [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] in [[Edgewood]]
* [[Bidgood Hall|University of Alabama College of Commerce building]]
* [[Watts Building (1928)|Watts Building]] on [[20th Street North]]
* [[Watts Building (1928)|Watts Building]] on [[20th Street North]]
* [[Wheelock Building]] on [[2nd Avenue South]] in [[Lakeview]]
* [[Wilson Elementary School]] in [[Bush Hills]]
* [[Wilson Elementary School]] in [[Bush Hills]]
* Ground was broken for [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]]'s sanctuary building
* Ground was broken for [[Hunter Street Baptist Church]]'s sanctuary building
* Ground was broker for [[Autherine Lucy Hall|Bigg Graves Hall]] at the [[University of Alabama]]
* Work resumed on the stagnant [[Thomas Jefferson Hotel]]


===Demolitions===
===Demolitions===
* [[Ensley City Hall]]
* [[Ensley City Hall]]
* [[First United Methodist Church of Bessemer]] burned down
* [[First United Methodist Church of Bessemer]] burned down
* [[Leeds High School]], still under construction, was heavily damaged by fire
* The mine tipple at [[Bayview]] was dismantled and moved to Whitwell, Tennessee.
* The stacks at [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] were dismantled.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
*  
* [[January 8]]: [[Lillian Truss]] became house organist of the [[Alabama Theater]]'s [[Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ]].
* [[August 11]]: [[Jesse Russum]], [[Jefferson County Coroner]], assumed the remaining term of [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] [[J. Chris Hartsfield]], who died in office.
* December: [[Bert Hollowell]] took over as manager of the [[Empire Theater]].
* [[Jenks Gillem]] began coaching the [[BSC Panthers|Birmingham-Southern football team]].
* [[H. A. Leibovitz]] began serving as rabbi of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]].
* [[Wash Bishop]] was elected president of the [[Jefferson County Board of Revenue]].
* [[Claude Ritter]] served as national president of the [[Loyal Knights of the Round Table]].
* [[Paul Cole]] was promoted to Chief of Detectives for the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[John J. Connolly]] took disability retirement from the [[St Louis–San Francisco Railway]].
* [[George Bailes Sr]] accepted an appointment to serve as [[Solicitor of Jefferson County]].


===Births===
===Births===
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* [[October 7]]: [[Abraham Woods Jr]], minister and Civil Rights activist
* [[October 7]]: [[Abraham Woods Jr]], minister and Civil Rights activist
* [[October 26]]: [[Albert Brewer]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[October 26]]: [[Albert Brewer]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[November 9]]: [[Yolande Betbeze]], Miss America 1951
* [[December 8]]: [[Charles Alford]], infectious disease specialist
* [[December 8]]: [[Charles Alford]], infectious disease specialist
* [[December 17]]: [[George Lindsey]], actor
* [[December 17]]: [[George Lindsey]], actor
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* [[Ethel Hall]], educator and [[Alabama State Board of Education]] member
* [[Ethel Hall]], educator and [[Alabama State Board of Education]] member
* [[Jim Hillhouse]], architect
* [[Jim Hillhouse]], architect
* [[Jean Hodo Miller]], president of the [[Junior League of Birmingham]] and the [[Women's Alabama Golf Association]]
* [[William James]], Catholic priest
* [[William James]], Catholic priest
* [[Betty Jensen]], [[Birmingham Police Department|Birmingham Police]] sergeant
* [[Betty Jensen]], [[Birmingham Police Department|Birmingham Police]] sergeant
* [[Bill Lumpkin]], sportswriter and newspaper editor
* [[Bill Lumpkin]], sportswriter and newspaper editor
* [[Roscoe Robinson]], gospel and soul singer
* [[Roscoe Robinson]], gospel and soul singer
===Graduations===
* [[Richmond Beatty]] earned a master's of arts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
* [[Albert Boutwell]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]].
* [[Mabel Creel]] graduated as valedictorian of her class at [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* [[Gail Patrick|Margaret Fitzpatrick]] graduated from [[Woodlawn High School]].
* [[Robert Van de Graaff]] completed his doctorate at Queen's College, Oxford.
* [[Lawrence Whitten]] completed his bachelor's degree in architecture at the [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]].
===Marriages===
* [[Helen Friedman]] married [[Frank Mosher]].
* [[Alice MccKeithen]] married [[Gordon Persons]].
* [[Henrietta Fontaine McCormick]] married [[Lister Hill]].
* [[Florence Evans]] married [[James A. Simpson]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
[[File:Shorpy Higginbotham.jpg|right|thumb|Henry Higginbotham, died January 25, 1928]]
[[File:Shorpy Higginbotham.jpg|right|thumb|Henry Higginbotham, died January 25, 1928]]
* [[January 25]]: [[Henry Higginbotham]], mine laborer
* [[January 25]]: [[Henry Higginbotham]], mine laborer
* [[March 3]]: [[Elsie Lewis]], [[Birmingham Police Department|Birmingham Police officer]] [[Birmingham Police officers killed on duty|killed on duty]].
* [[March 19]]: [[Robert A. Morris]], [[Jefferson County]] auditor
* [[March 19]]: [[Robert A. Morris]], [[Jefferson County]] auditor
* [[May 6]]: [[Myrtle Bicknell]], "The Four-Legged Girl", circus freak
* [[May 6]]: [[Myrtle Bicknell]], "The Four-Legged Girl", circus freak
* [[July 3]]: [[Jack Bethea]], newspaper reporter and novelist
* [[July 3]]: [[Jack Bethea]], newspaper reporter and novelist
* [[August 11]]: [[J. Chris Hartsfield]], [[Jefferson County Sheriff]]
* [[August 25]]: [[James Bowron]], [[TCI]] and [[Gulf States Steel]] executive
* [[August 25]]: [[James Bowron]], [[TCI]] and [[Gulf States Steel]] executive
* [[September 7]]: [[Richard McNally]], attorney and first boy born in Birmingham
* [[September 7]]: [[Richard McNally]], attorney and first boy born in Birmingham
* [[December 14]]: [[Jesse Huey]], namesake of [[Hueytown]]
* [[December 14]]: [[Jesse Huey]], namesake of [[Hueytown]]
* [[December 17]]: [[George Eubank]], dentist
* [[December 17]]: [[George Eubank]], dentist
* [[Mary Forbes]], wife of [[E. E. Forbes]]
* [[Frank Nelson Jr]], founder of [[Empire Coal Co.]]
* [[Frank Nelson Jr]], founder of [[Empire Coal Co.]]
* See also: [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1928]]
* See also: [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1928]]

Revision as of 15:51, 18 September 2022

O. V. Hunt photo of c. 1928 work on Birmingham Electric Company streetcar lines on 20th Street North.

1928 was the 57th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Establishments

Irwin's Tie Shop, opened 1928

Disestablishments

Education

Religion

Sports

Snitz Snider in 1928

Works

Buildings

Protective Life Building

Demolitions

Individuals

Births

Thornton Dial, born September 10, 1928
George Lindsey, born December 17, 1928

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Henry Higginbotham, died January 25, 1928

Context

In 1928 the Ford Motor Co. opened their massive River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan. The Winter Olympics were held in St Moritz, Switzerland and the Summer Games in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Regular television broadcasting began in Schenectady, New York. Amelia Earhart completed a trans-Atlantic flight. Alexander Fleming rediscovered Penicillin. Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei. Haile Selassie was crowned king of Abyssinia. The International Red Cross was founded. Turkey introduced a new western-inspired alphabet. Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith in the 1928 U.S. presidential election.

Wings won Best Picture at the first Academy Awards while The Singing Fool, Street Angel, Lilac Time, Four Sons and Noah's Ark were the top-grossing films. Mickey Mouse made his film debut in "Steamboat Willie". Books published in 1928 included Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Coming of Age in Samoa by anthropologist Margaret Mead. The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Bertolt Brecht's "Die Dreigroschenoper" opened in Berlin and Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" premiered in Paris.

Notable births in 1928 included actors James Coburn, James Garner, Shirley Temple and Adam West; artists Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Andy Warhol; astronaut Jim Lovell; composer Ennio Morricone; director Stanley Kubrick; hairdresser Vidal Sassoon; hockey star Gordie Howe; Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon; revolutionary Che Guevara; singers Burt Bacharach, Rosemary Clooney, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Serge Gainsbourg, and Tom Lehrer; television hosts Fred Rogers and Ruth Westheimer; vice president Walter Mondale; and writers Maya Angelou, Philip K. Dick, Maurice Sendak, and Elie Wiesel.

Notable 1928 deaths included writer Thomas Hardy, British prime minister H. H. Asquith, composer Leoš Janáček, explorer Roald Amundsen, and Patriarch Gregory IV of Antioch.

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