Residential Security Map For Birmingham, Alabama

Color coded illustrated map of Birmingham, Alabama in the United States, 1930s. It is annotated to show mortgage lending risk based on neighborhood, including residential, commercial and industrial areas, 1930s. Residential districts are denoted as low, medium and high income areas. These types of maps were later known as redlining maps. They were published by the Home Owners Loan Corporation. (Photo by National Archives/Interim Archives/Getty Images)