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1. 34_51_001_084 - Documents

   Newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, notes and other materials about Clay City, the Fairhope Clay Products Company, structural clay tile and the brick industry in Fairhope, businesses and families in the clay and brick industry, and the pottery industry along the eastern shore. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
2. 34_52_001_080 - Presentation

   Presentation by historian Alan Samry on "Clay City Tile: Frank Brown and the Company that Built Fairhope." Sponsored by the Baldwin County Historical Society and the Fairhope Public Library. May 18, 2008. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
3. DBJ-0501 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of a lady standing by a wood fence and surrounded by bricks. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FSTC-0447 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the home of Anna Braune, artist and Fairhope Public Library Librarian, which she shared with her widowed mother Mary Ida Braune (Mrs. G. M. Braune) at 256 Morphy Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The house appears to be built from Clay City brick. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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5. FSTC-V0053 - Video, Digital

   Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated May 3, 2016 with Alan Samry. Have you seen it? It's a construction block. It's orange -red color is unmistakable. For nearly a century this building block, and other clay-fired products, were used in the construction of many buildings, sometimes visible, but often hidden behind stucco. Businesses, homes, farms, and outbuildings were all built with this Fairhope product. 1 hour video From the F...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
6. ii.12.87 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on November 20, 1894 from A. J. Slaughter of Murray, Kentucky saying that he has seen in the New York World that the Fairhope Colony has purchased a brick machine. Mr. Slaughter is a scientific brick burner and builder and if they are looking for a man like that he would like to correspond.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
7. iii.6.111 - Letter

   Letter dated 1/25/1895 to E. B. Gaston from Clarence S. Moore of Mare Island, California. Moore has received heis certificate ofmemebership in the Fairhope Industrial Association, and Gaston says he is the first to pay up the full membership. Morroe is dismayed more have not done so. He tell Gaston he wants to respond to Miss Hollister's article decrying the Fairhope plan, and predicting it will not be successful. He plans to send his respons...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
8. v.1.73-74 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/18/1898 to E. B Gaston from William Brown in North Wilmington, Massachusetts. He has filed an application for membership to the Fairhope Industrial Association, and is leaving the references section blank because Gaston knows him. He comments about saw mills, and says in his area of the country, portable steam saw mills are being used now rather than permanently located mills. He suggests the FIA acquire as much timber la...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
9. vi.2.32 - Letter

   Letter dated 3/28/1906 to E. B .Gaston from Joseph Fels, writing from London, England. Fels is sending a check for $8 for a copy of "Mr. Trenholme's plan." He is returning information Gaston sent him about "Mr. Littlefield's new idea," and asking Gaston to be more specific saying "you leave too much out." * Fels wants to know any new information about the transporation issue in Fairhope, specifically about acquiring another bay boat ste...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos