Description: Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites - see more of my WEST VIRGINIA, MINING and BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA collectibles not always found with search: Here's a WORKING & SAFE EBAY LINK to my other West Virginia collectibles: https://www.ebay.com/dsc/m.html?_ssn=catherbrownbooks&_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_nkw=west+virginia&_trksid=m570.l1313&_odkw=west+virginia&_osacat=0 and a WORKING & SAFE EBAY LINK to all of my Birmingham Alabama collectibles: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=catherbrownbooks&LH_PrefLoc=&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Birmingham&_sacat=0 and a WORKING & SAFE EBAY LINK to all of my Mining, Coal, Iron & Blast Furnace Collectibles: https://www.ebay.com/str/catherbrownbooks/Mines-Coal-Iron-Blast-Furnaces/_i.html?_storecat=20220637 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FREE SHIPPING - AS USUAL original sepia snapshot photo shows a man in a business suit leaning up against a 1920s truck from Consumers or Consumer's Ice Delivery Company in which New River Coal (mined in West Virginia) was delivered. removed from a scrapbook page but one can sort of make out what looks like a Russell Brothers stamp on the verso which would mean that the photo was made and/or developed in either Birmingham or Anniston Alabama. (They were a major Alabama photography studio in Birmingham from about the 1890s to about 1941 according to Frances Robb's great new book on the History of Photography in Alabama). And, of course, the scrapbook in which this photo was found was bought at a Birmingham Antique Shop :-} And according to Birmingham Public Library online, the Consumer's Coal Delivery Company was sued 3 times in the Birmingham Court system. (But there seem to have been Consumers Ice Delivery Companies all over the United States from New York to Colorado). But an enlargement of one of the truck's signs shows that it was definitely used to deliver coal from the New River Coal Fields in West Virginia. Why anyone would ship coal from West Virginia to Birmingham - during Birmingham's own coal mining heyday - is anyone's guess unless it was superior quality coal over what was being voluminously mined right here in Birmingham. Photo measures 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches deep. evidence of removal from scrapbook on the verso; that black paper largely hides a photographer's stamp but what remains of the stamp looks like it could be RUSSELL BROTHERS placing the location of the photo in Alabama . . . . . . . Remember that the Abraham Lincoln Penny is not attached to the item. It is put on the scanner bed merely to protect the uniqueness or near uniqueness of an image so that the high bidder gets an item that has not been copied via someone's computer. The penny DOES NOT hide any faults or any damage! __________________________________________________________________________ (the fine print ... [sigh] ... but please read :-) WE REGRET WE DON'T SHIP OUT OF USA; SORRY, BUT NO EXCEPTIONS. FREE SHIPPING via a stiffer piece of card stock + plastic sleeve protected 1st class mail, STANDARD RATE. Regardless of what ebay may say on their "Shipping Page" - while STANDARD MAIL is perfectly safe for smaller & less expensive items - it is NOT the same grade of service as a "First Class Mail Parcel." Buyer MAY opt in (at a small-ish extra charge) for upgraded 1st class mail package rate (with TRACKING #) at checkout if they choose to do so.I ship twice a week so turnover time or handling time is 3 business days (Mon-Fri) max - often less than that. PAYPAL IS THE MUCH PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT. Thanks! Please pay within 4 days. Delayed? Then email me - I'll try to work with you when necessary but it helps a lot when I have contact with you. If your payment is delayed, ebay is liable to send a dun or two. PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE ARE COMING AUTOMATICALLY FROM EBAY AND NOT FROM ME. I typically send out just one reminder. PLACING A BID IS THE ETHICAL EQUIVALENT OF ACCEPTING THESE TERMS. PLEASE DON'T ASK TO ALTER THEM AFTERWARDS. In return, as our feedback clearly shows, we'll get your item(s) to you, as described, in a safe, timely manner. Thanks!
Price: 7.49 USD
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
End Time: 2024-12-26T11:23:38.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year: 1925
Signed: No
Theme: Cities & Towns
what city? what state?: Birmingham, Alabama
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
