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1. 33_2_096 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 330 SW and Lot 330 SE. Some information cataloged below has been added from other official sources. Lot 330 SW Grave 1: Ellen Slosson Boise, died 1977 Grave 2: Seymour C. Boise, died 1945 Grave 3: Slosson, Cornelia D. died 1940 Grave 4: E. C. Slosson, died 1926 Grave 5: Myrtle Mason Hunt, died 1957 Grave 6: Wilson A. Hunt, died 1935 Grave 7: Edwin H. Payne, died 1938 Grave...

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2. BSS.007-008 - Documents

   Information about the Slosson and Harford families who moved to Baldwin County from Illinois in 1889 to raise sheep. Includes interesting information about Silverhill and life in early Baldwin County. The Slossons would later move to Fairhope, Alabama. This information is written by Marion McCall Bass (Pinky Bass), whose grandfather was E. C. Slosson and grandmother was Cornelia Harford Slosson. Mrs. Bass wrote this information on the backs o...

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3. BSS.031 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1897 of the E. C. Slosson family cabin located near Marlow, Alabama. This cabin was built in 1899, and the Slosson family lived there until 1895, when their new home in Silverhill was completed. See BSS.011-015 for a front view of the cabin. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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4. BSS.045 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of E. C. Slosson and daughter Lois Slosson Sundberg in a goat cart that Mr. Slosson built. The location is the family farm in Silverhill, Alabama in 1895. The goat's name is Grover Cleveland, according to information on the back of the photo. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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5. BSS.050 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Lois Slosson Sundberg of E. C. Slosson (L) and Adolph Andersen (R) c. 1895 in Silverhill, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives

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6. BSS.052 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Lois Slosson Sundberg c. 1900 of the barn on the E. C. Slosson farm in Silverhill, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives

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7. BSS.054 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Lois Slosson Sundberg c.1900 of the E. C. Slosson home in Silverhill, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. BSS.154-156 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, title High Water, showing the flooding of Pole Cat Creek at the gate to the Frank Stewart property in Silverhill, Alabama, c.1900. Primrose, the dog is pictured in the water. Edward Slosson (aka E.S.) owned property near Mr. Stewart's place, and typed "home sweet home" on the border. Both Stewart and Slosson would move to Fairhope, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collecti...

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9. BSS.370-371 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated c. 1910 (postcard has August 15, 1910) by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the E.C.Slosson and Eugene Slosson houses on Bayview Street in Fairhope, Alabama. The postcard's message sends greetings from Fairhope where the sender is enjoying the bathing (swimming.) From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. .

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10. BSS.372-373 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of postcard c.1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Slosson house at the northwest corner of Bayview Street and Magnolia Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The house is also referred to as the Stapleton house. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. BSS.374-375 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of postcard c.1910 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Edward Slosson house and workshop where two men are standing. The street in the foreground is Bayview Street. The picture is taken looking southwest. This house is located at the northwest corner of Bayview Street and Magnolia Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama and called the Stapleton house in more modern times. . From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairh...

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12. BSS.378 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c. 1910 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the E.C. Slosson and Eugene Slosson houses on Bayview Street in Fairhope, Alabama. This picture is similar to BSS.370-371 but with a wider view. The E.C. Slosson home, located on the left, is now sometimes referred to as the Stapleton house, and is at the northwest corner of Bayview Street and Magnolia Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of...

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13. BSS.380 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Edward Slosson home with workshop on the side. The house. which faces Bayview Street in Fairhope, Alabama.is located at the northwest corner of Bayview Street and Magnolia Avenue and is now sometimes referred to as the Stapleton house. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. BSS.384 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Edward C. Slosson house, his workshop, and the Eugene Slosson house on the right. These houses face Bayview Street. Mobile Bay can be seen through the pine trees. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. BSS.416-417 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard dated 1911 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Edward C. Slosson and Eugene Slosson in the Sarah Jane automobile in Fairhope, Alabama. The back of the card has "Grandpa Slosson and Uncle Gene. 1911. Holsman automobile, guided by lever, and with buggy wheels. Car previously belong to Dr. Mershon. Once they were unable to stop this car. They circled the yard and finally lassoed a tree to stop the car." A greyscale versi...

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16. BSS.487-488 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Slosson Lumber Shed in Clay City, alabama on the Fish River. Stewart titled the "Fish River in Vicinity of Clay Banks Clay Products. That dates the picture after 1916. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. BSS.669-672 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Alexander J. Melville and is mother Mrs. Louise M. Melville standing outside their house on Magnolia Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The house, which is on the south side of the street, was called "Snug Harbor" and had impressive fruit trees. Mr. Melville writes to his neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Edward Slosson, who are on a visit to Verona, Illinois, that he is keeping an eye on their home as w...

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18. FMH_0075 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1910 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, showing people playing croquet on a court behind The Columns house (built in 1904 and located on the northeast corner of Bayview Street and Magnolia Avenue) in Fairhope, Alabama. At the time this picture was taken, the house was the home of the Slosson family. Photographer Frank Stewart made this photograph into a postcard. Go to BSS.349-350 in these online Archives to see the pictu...

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19. FMH-A0007a - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) Part 1 dated April 28, 1982 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. Others interviews with Mrs. Payne are FMH-A0004a, FMH-A0004b and FMH-A0007b. In this interview, three of W. A. Dealy's comic poems are read by the interviewer and Mrs. Payne comments on the people and situations, providing fascinating and many times humorous and poignant details about early Fairhope. The first poem ...

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20. FSTC-0669 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the Bayview Street and Magnolia Avenue intersection in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken looking north on Bayview Street approaching the intersection. The house on the left was originally owned by the Slosson family. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo