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1. 34_72_056-057 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 212 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1949, it opened for business as the "Launder-Rite" and was owned and operated by Jesse T. Burke. Mr. Burke sold the business in 1950 to his brother-in-law Gavin Hunter, who continued to operate it as the Launder-Rite until 1960, when he renovated, added coin-operated machines and changed the name to "Hunter's Quick Clean Coin Operat...

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2. 5.16.1-215 - Correspondence

   Correspondence (Hi-Hu) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1936-1958. 5.16.2-92 contains correspondence between C. A. Gaston, secretary Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and Lister Hill, Senator from Alabama. Topics include: the Mobile Marine Hospital, President Truman, communism, civil rights, labor legislation, Office of Price Administration (OPA), Alabama State Docks, Spanish River, President Roosevelt, 5.16.23-26 contains corr...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
3. 6.13.1-81 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1935-1954, (He-Hu).

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
4. Beiser-0013 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs dated May 9, 1938 of the wedding of Helene Beiser and Gavin Hunter held on the grounds of the Beiser family home, Englewood Villa, in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Beiser Photograph Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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5. FMH_0232 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c 1949 early 1950s of 212 Fairhope Avenue and 214 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Both building were built in 1949 and both are in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. The building on the left, 214 Fairhope Avenue, is the business of W. M. Bagby, the Sherwin Williams paint store. The builidng on the right, 212 Fairhope Avenue, is the Launder-Rite laundry owned briefly by Jesse T. Burke. Burke sold the business in 1950...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. FMH-A0005a - Audio, Digital

   First part of an interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews life-long friends Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Approximately 48 minutes. Part 2 is FMH-A0005b. Helene Hunter and Evalyn Porter describe in detail their experiences in early to mid-twentieth century Fairhope. Included are memories of playing in the g...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
7. FMH-A0005b - Audio, Digital

   Second part of an interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews life-long friends Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation for a few minutes around the midway point. Approximately 48 minutes. Part 1 is FMH-A0005a. Topics include homes, hotels and businesses, social and atheletic acti...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
8. FMH-A0005c - Audio, Digital

   Interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews Helene Beiser Hunter, Evalyn Berglin Porter and Eloise Nichols Rowe for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation briefly at the beginning. Approximately 33 minutes, 20 seconds. Note that Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews some of these participants in FMH-A0005a and FMH-A0005b. Topics...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos