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William Paul Pim
​Birimingham Cartoonist, Illustrator
William Paul Pim (1885-1950) was a newspaper cartoonist and illustrator famous for his "Baby Mine" syndicated cartoon series and his "Telling Tommy" children's books. He lived and worked in Birmingham for 35 years. The History Center has recently received a collection of his work.
THINGS OF THE PAST --
1940s Tax Assessor
Photographs
A donor recently brought in eighty-six tax assessor ph0tographs from the 1940s.
The photos show buildings and billboards in the Birmingham area. The tax assessor often installed a
stand with the building's tax number in front of the building before taking the photograph. The photo
would then be attached to a file.The photos are 4.25" x 2.5" inches and were probably taken using a Kodak Six-16 camera. 616 film was originally produced by Kodak in 1932. It used the same format as that of 116 film but on a slimmer spool, for use in more compact cameras. The format was used in many other cameras such as the Kodak Brownie Junior and the Kodak Target SIX-16. The first "6" in the name refers to the number of frames that could originally be exposed on a single roll of film. The name was not changed when this was increased to eight exposures.This size film became less popular and was finally discontinued in 1984.
Go to our Gallery Page to view 30 of these photographs. If you recognize some of the buildings or have a story to tell about them, please send us that information via e-mail at [email protected].
A current event
Showcasing History Center
Artifacts
The Birmingham History Center and the City of Mountain Brook have
partnered to showcase the Center's artifacts in the City Hall lobby case. The History Center will
change out the exhibits three times each ye​ar.
History Center artifact cases can also
be found in the Alabama Theatre lobby and the lobby of the Tutwiler Hotel.
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