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By Claire Hancock Bham Now Founded on June 1, 1871, the City of Birmingham celebrates its 150th birthday this year. In honor of that historic milestone, check out five of the city’s oldest entities, including one that was founded before the city itself. Bromberg’s Jewelers The oldest store in Alabama (and of course, Birmingham), Bromberg’s Jewelers began in 1836 in Mobile and is now 185 years old. Bromberg’s came to Birmingham in 1900, not long after the city was established, to open a store here in Linn’s Folly . The jewelry retailer moved to Mountain Brook Village in 1950, then run by fifth-generation Bromberg’s. Now they have the Mountain Brook location and a spot at The Summit. ....