| Summary: | Box 1 Folder 41: "Box 1 folder 41, which contains 2 pictures from 1947, we believe of Bessemer City Hall first without the addition. It’s hard to believe that this is the same year. I don’t believe it could possibly be the same year but then again I’m not sure. The reason I say that is because the first picture shows the City Hall from its entrance traveling east on 3rd avenue in Bessemer. The second picture shows more construction going west from the general entrance and going north as well, a great deal of construction. We approximated the year because WJLD moved into City Hall in Bessemer in 1945, from ’45 to ’47. It could have just been an expansion to the City Hall. WJLD moved out of City Hall in ’47. So perhaps these pictures are actually earlier than ’47 but we’re going to leave it at ’47 because the finished clock tower and the larger construction would certainly look like the building that we were active in for the period, by 1947. The first picture may be where we were in 1945. Not clear. It has the same reference number, which is not on the picture per say but is placed on the picture before they take the picture of the building. So, a lot of discussion about that. From the Birmingham Public Library archives, originally from the Jefferson County Tax Assessor."
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