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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 28]]: A [[List of snowfalls|rare snowfall]] brought 8.1 inches to Birmingham.
* [[January 28]]: A [[List of snowfalls|rare snowfall]] brought 8.1 inches to Birmingham.
* [[April 15]]: A large fire destroyed 18 houses in [[Wylam]].
* [[April 26]]–[[April 28|28]]: The [[1904 Conference for Education in the South]] was held at the [[Jefferson Theatre]].
* [[April 30]]-[[December 1]]: [[Giuseppe Moretti]]'s statue of [[Vulcan]] represented the mineral wealth of the [[Birmingham District]] at the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at St Louis, Missouri's [[Alabama exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition|Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] (World's Fair).
* [[April 30]]-[[December 1]]: [[Giuseppe Moretti]]'s statue of [[Vulcan]] represented the mineral wealth of the [[Birmingham District]] at the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at St Louis, Missouri's [[Alabama exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition|Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] (World's Fair).
* [[June 7]]: The newly-assembled [[Vulcan]] statue was christened with water from the [[Cahaba River]] at the World's Fair in St Louis, Missouri.  
* [[June 7]]: The newly-assembled [[Vulcan]] statue was christened with water from the [[Cahaba River]] at the World's Fair in St Louis, Missouri.  
* [[July 11]]: By order of producer Mabel Whitman, the [[Jefferson Theatre]] agreed to open its dress circle and parquet seats to African-American patrons for performances of the Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours on [[July 23]].
* [[July 11]]: By order of producer Mabel Whitman, the [[Jefferson Theatre]] agreed to open its dress circle and parquet seats to African-American patrons for performances of the Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours on [[July 23]].
* The first barber shop opened in the space still in use as the [[Hippodrome]] barber shop in [[Woodlawn]].
* August: The [[1904 National Convention for the United Association of Plumbers, Gas and Steamfitters]] was hosted by [[UA Local 91]] in [[Birmingham]].
* September-October: A severe drought affected the entire state.
* The [[Woodlawn Library]] was established by the [[Women's Club of Woodlawn]] at [[Woodlawn City Hall]].
* The [[Woodlawn Library]] was established by the [[Women's Club of Woodlawn]] at [[Woodlawn City Hall]].
* [[Birmingham City Physician]] [[Charles Whelan, Jr]] enforced a new city ordinance requiring smallpox vaccination.
* [[Birmingham City Physician]] [[Charles Whelan Jr]] enforced a new city ordinance requiring smallpox vaccination.
* [[December 28]]: A [[1904 Reliance Restaurant fire|major fire]] damaged several businesses on the 200 block of [[20th Street North]].  


===Business===
===Business===
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* [[February 17]]: [[John Frye]]'s [[Traders National Bank]] opened.
* [[February 17]]: [[John Frye]]'s [[Traders National Bank]] opened.
* October: [[Banner Mine]], owned by [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]], went into operation.
* October: [[Banner Mine]], owned by [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]], went into operation.
* [[December 3]]: The [[Seaboard Air Line Railway]] opened a freight office staffed by agent [[H. R. Pinney]] on [[20th Street South]].
* December: The [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]] was incorporated in Delaware.
* December: The [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]] was incorporated in Delaware.
* December: The former [[Trotwood Park]] land was sold by the [[Birmingham Matinee Club]], but the buyer never made payment.
* December: The former [[Trotwood Park]] land was sold by the [[Birmingham Matinee Club]], but the buyer never made payment.
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* [[Jesse Motlow]] and [[Spoon Motlow]] founded the [[Motlow Brothers Distilling Company]] in [[Birmingham]].
* [[Jesse Motlow]] and [[Spoon Motlow]] founded the [[Motlow Brothers Distilling Company]] in [[Birmingham]].
* [[Porter's|Porter's Clothing Company]] opened.
* [[Porter's|Porter's Clothing Company]] opened.
* Surface work began at [[Valley View Mine]].
* The law firm of Walker, Tillman, Campbell & Morrow became [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings|Tillman, Grubb, Bradley & Morrow]]
* The law firm of Walker, Tillman, Campbell & Morrow became [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings|Tillman, Grubb, Bradley & Morrow]]
* [[Rosa Zinszer]] sold [[Peter Zinszer's Mammoth Furniture House]] to Mrs. [[W. H. Wilder]].
* The first barber shop opened in the space still in use as the [[Hippodrome]] barber shop in [[Woodlawn]].
* [[John Hough]] bought the [[Klein Brothers Pharmacy]].


===Education===
===Education===
* [[February 22]]: [[Lauderdale College]] opened in [[Collegeville]].
* [[June 3]]: [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]] graduated its first senior class.
* [[June 3]]: [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]] graduated its first senior class.
* [[A. H. Parker]] became principal of [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]].
* [[A. H. Parker]] became principal of [[Parker High School|Industrial High School]].
* [[A. O. Lane]] completed his third term as president of the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[A. O. Lane]] completed his third term as president of the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[St Joseph's School]] was founded in [[Brookside]].
* [[Elyton]]'s [[Alley School]] was reorganized as part of the [[Jefferson County Schools]] system.


=== Government ===
=== Government ===
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* [[Bibb Graves]] retired from the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent [[Ariosto Wiley]] to represent the [[Second Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[Bibb Graves]] retired from the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent [[Ariosto Wiley]] to represent the [[Second Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[D. F. Sugg]] defeated incumbent [[Charles Camp]] in the election for chief of the [[Ensley Police Department]].
* [[D. F. Sugg]] defeated incumbent [[Charles Camp]] in the election for chief of the [[Ensley Police Department]].
* Birmingham City Physician [[Charles Whelan, Jr]] appointed twelve doctors to carry out a city ordinance requiring smallpox vaccinations.
* Birmingham City Physician [[Charles Whelan Jr]] appointed twelve doctors to carry out a city ordinance requiring smallpox vaccinations.


===Religion===
===Religion===
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* [[January 22]]: [[John Beecher]], activist poet
* [[January 22]]: [[John Beecher]], activist poet
* [[February 29]]: [[Wilson Driver]], jazz drummer
* [[February 29]]: [[Wilson Driver]], jazz drummer
* [[March 22]]: [[Frank Yeilding Jr]], banker
* [[June 11]]: [[Pinetop Smith]], boogie-woogie pianist
* [[June 11]]: [[Pinetop Smith]], boogie-woogie pianist
* [[September 1]]: [[Johnny Mack Brown]], football player and actor
* [[September 1]]: [[Johnny Mack Brown]], football player and actor
* [[September 25]]: [[Arthur Shores]], attorney and [[Birmingham City Council]] member
* [[September 25]]: [[Arthur Shores]], attorney and [[Birmingham City Council]] member
* [[November 24]]: [[Victor Josselyn]], gymnast and writer
* [[October 5]]: [[Sammy West]], baseball player
* [[October 5]]: [[Sammy West]], baseball player
* [[October 20]]: [[James Head]], business owner and civic leader
* [[October 20]]: [[James Head]], business owner and civic leader
* [[November 13]]: [[Albert Boutwell]], 22nd [[Mayor of Birmingham]]
* [[November 13]]: [[Albert Boutwell]], 22nd [[Mayor of Birmingham]]
* [[December 6]]: [[Carlyle Tillery]], novelist
* [[December 20]]: [[Spud Davis]], baseball player
* [[December 20]]: [[Spud Davis]], baseball player
* [[Richard Blauvelt Coe]], artist
* [[Richard Blauvelt Coe]], artist
* [[Alice Johnson]], daughter of [[Crawford Johnson]]
* [[Alice Johnson]], daughter of [[Crawford Johnson]]
* [[Clarence Price]], president of [[South Elyton Civic League]]
* [[Buster Waits]], bookkeeper and baseball mascot
* [[Buster Waits]], bookkeeper and baseball mascot
* [[Jennie Wood]], socialite and murder victim
* [[Jennie Wood]], socialite and murder victim
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* [[Charles Carraway]] married [[Maggie Carraway|Maggie Lacey]] of Pratt.
* [[Charles Carraway]] married [[Maggie Carraway|Maggie Lacey]] of Pratt.
* [[Rick Woodward]] married [[Annie Woodward|Annie Jemison]].
* [[Rick Woodward]] married [[Annie Woodward|Annie Jemison]].
* Furniture magnate [[Rosa Zinszer]] married physician [[W. H. Wilder]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
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* [[January 24]]: [[Mitchell A. Porter]], attorney
* [[January 24]]: [[Mitchell A. Porter]], attorney
* [[February 1]]: [[Flora Turner]], wife of architect [[Joseph Turner]]
* [[February 1]]: [[Flora Turner]], wife of architect [[Joseph Turner]]
* [[April 17]]: [[Thomas Parsons]], [[Jefferson County Commission]]er
* [[April 21]]: [[Reinhard Wilda]], founder of the [[Birmingham Steam Laundry]]
* [[April 21]]: [[Reinhard Wilda]], founder of the [[Birmingham Steam Laundry]]
* [[July 10]]: [[William Walker, Jr]], attorney
* [[July 10]]: [[William Walker Jr]], attorney
* [[July 28]]: [[Patrick O'Reilly]], rector of [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Catholic Church]]
* [[July 28]]: [[Patrick O'Reilly]], rector of [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Catholic Church]]
* [[September 26]]: [[Daniel Fulenwider]], business owner and investor
* [[November 7]]: [[Paul Chamborden]], saloonkeeper
* [[J. W. McMahon]], hotelier and murder victim
* [[J. W. McMahon]], hotelier and murder victim
* [[Jesse Pearson]]
* [[Jesse Pearson]]
* [[Mamie Lou Brown|Mamie Lou Coleman Brown]]


==Works==
==Works==
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* [[Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent]] by John Singer Sargent
* [[Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent]] by John Singer Sargent
* Improved automatic railroad car-coupling, U.S. Patent No. 761,056 by [[Andrew Beard]]
* Improved automatic railroad car-coupling, U.S. Patent No. 761,056 by [[Andrew Beard]]
* "[http://www.memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2010/20101208001tr/20101208001tr.pdf An Industrial Review of the General Business Interests of Birmingham] and the cities and towns comprising the great state of Alabama" (1904) Birmingham: Post B, Alabama Division, Travelers Protective Association


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
[[Image:Bham Country Club Lakeview.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Country Club of Birmingham clubhouse]]
[[Image:Bham Country Club Lakeview.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Country Club of Birmingham clubhouse]]
* [[11th Avenue United Methodist Church]]
* [[11th Avenue United Methodist Church]]
* [[2200 2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Alabama A&M University]] library
* [[Alabama A&M University]] library
* [[Buck Creek Mill]] mill building
* [[Buck Creek Mill]] mill building
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* [[Douglas Building]]
* [[Douglas Building]]
* [[Ensley Works]] additional blast furnace and bessemer converter
* [[Ensley Works]] additional blast furnace and bessemer converter
* [[Gingold Building]] at 2214 [[2nd Avenue North (Downtown)|2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Lacke Building]]
* [[Lacke Building]]
* [[Terence Mackin residence]]
* [[Terence Mackin residence]]

Latest revision as of 16:36, 8 October 2023

Stereograph of Vulcan at the World's Fair

1904 was the 33rd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

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Education

Government

Religion

James Coyle

Sports

Mike Donahue

Individuals

Births

Arthur Shores
Albert Boutwell

Marriages

Deaths

Works

Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d'Abernon

Buildings

Country Club of Birmingham clubhouse

Gallery

Context

1904 was a leap year. A January fire destroyed 1,500 buildings in Baltimore, Maryland. The Russo-Japanese War broke out in February. Longacre Square in New York City became Times Square in April. Cy Young threw the modern game's first perfect game in May, the same month that FIFA was established. St Louis, Missouri hosted the Games of the 3rd Olympiad. Teddy Roosevelt defeated Alton Parker to serve a first full term as President.

Ivan Pavlov won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Puccini's Madame Butterfly debuted in Milan and Mahler's Symphony No. 5 premiered in Cologne. The New York Giants won the National League pennant, but declined to participate in a second-ever World Series against the Boston Americans.

Notable 1904 births include those of actors Ray Bolger, Peter Lorre and Cary Grant; choreographer George Balanchine; gangster Pretty Boy Floyd; musicians Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Fats Waller; authors Theodore Seuss Geisel and Joseph Campbell; artists Salvador Dalí and Willem de Kooning, physicist Robert Oppenheimer; and Chinese leader Deng Xiaopeng.

Deaths in 1904 included those of Queen Isabella II of Spain; composer Antonín Dvořák; photographer Eadweard Muybridge; authors Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Lafcadio Hearn; and sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.

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