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This exhibition of Birmingham Snapshots, 1900-1950, contains amateur photographs selected from more than 400,000 images preserved in the Birmingham Public Library Archives.

"For more than a century the people of Birmingham, like people throughout the world, have documented their lives with snapshots. Snapshots preserve a moment, tell a story, and record life's milestones. Rather than focusing on issues that have divided the people of Birmingham, this exhibition crosses boundaries of race, gender, class, geography, and time to highlight the bonds shared by people in these photographs."     Birmingham Public Library

Come to the library and discover the bonds that you share with the families featured in this exhibit. The exhibition is displayed in the library on the 2nd floor in the Reading Room.

Second showing: June 8 - 15, 2003
First showing: January - April 11, 2003