Vintage Birmingham Alabama Key to The City Solid Brass Mayor George Seibels

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Seller: plinycho ✉️ (4,349) 98.2%, Location: Eugene, Oregon, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 154487120561 Vintage Birmingham Alabama Key to The City Solid Brass Mayor George Seibels .

Hi up for sale here is the key to the city of Birmingham, Alabama.  This key was presented by former Mayor George Seibels (1967-75).  Seibels was mayor at the time of the tumultuous civil rights movement, of which Birmingham played a significant role.  The key measures 1 7/*" and is solid brass and enamel.  The back has a couple words printed on it, one being (unreadable town) and what looks like California (perhaps where it was made), and the other looks like possibly manufacturer name Entenmann followed by another word I cannot make out.  Cleaning the key would make them all visible but I want to leave it exactly as found, new owner can clean if he/she chooses.

Returning to Birmingham after the war, Seibels co-chaired the committee responsible for the safety torch on the vulcan statue. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Alabama Jaycees for traffic safety promotion. In 1947, Birmingham won first place in the Jaycees National Safety Award contest with Seibels as chairman of the local Traffic Safety Committee. The George G. Seibels Traffic Safety Award is now given annually by the Jaycees to the traffic safety chairman whose city has had the best program.

Siebels, widely known as a Republican, was elected in the non-partisan election to the Birmingham City Council in 1963. He was part of the progressive slate of council candidates that successfully changed the city charter and ousted "Bull" Connor and his segregationist supporters from City Hall. After a single term on the City Council he was elected mayor in 1967, succeeding the retiring Albert Boutwell, who himself had defeated the notorious "Bull" Connor four years earlier. He served as Mayor from 1967 to 1975 during a period of growth for the city during which Birmingham was designated an "All-American" city. He was narrowly defeated for a third term in 1975 by fellow City Councilman David Vann. Three years later, in 1978 he was elected to the first of three terms representing Jefferson County in the Alabama House of Representatives. As one of the first modern-era Republicans in the legislature he was a vigorous defender of the City of Birmingham. He retired from elective public office in 1990 but remained active in party politics where he was affectionately known as "Mr. Republican" among Alabama GOPers. George Seibels died in Birmingham in March 2000. His final resting place is at the Arlington Antebellum House. In 2003 the Birmingham Zoo renamed its train in his honor.

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  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Theme: Cities & Towns
  • Year: 1967-75

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