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1. 30.26.1-20 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated June 1929. Includes Corporation correspondence and a flyer titled "Fairhope on Mobile Bay" published by the Chamber of Commerce. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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2. 34_24_001_024 - Brochures

   Brochure c.1941 titled "Fairhope, Alabama: On Mobile Bay." This promotional brochure was subtitled "An Outstanding Summer & Winter Residence Resort." Published by the Fairhope Chamber of Commerce. Text includes a brief history of Fairhope and information about the amenities available for visitors. Several maps are included as well as illustrations by artist Walter Overton. Advertisements from local businesses are printed in the back of t...

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3. 34_72_074-075 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 325 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built by Dyson & Co in 1932 as the new Fairhope Post Office (previous location was on South Section street in the Masonic Lodge Building aka Greeno Building). The building's Italian Renaissance Revival architecture was a different style for Fairhope at the time. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71...

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4. 40_51_001 - Map

   Map of Fairhope, Alabama titled "The Land of the Jubilees" published by the Fairhope Chamber of Commerce. c. 1950s. Has some hand marking in red ink. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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5. FMH_0115 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of 325 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This building, built in 1934, was the Fairhope Post office for thirty years. (A new Post Office building was built on South Section Street in 1964.) The building has also been the offices for the Fairhope Courier, the Easterns Shore Chamber of Commerce, and a bank. For another photograph (color) and information about the building's history, see 34_72_074-075 in these online Archives. ...

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6. FMH_0124 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Post Office at 325 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This building opened in 1934 and served as the Post Office until 1964, (Prior to moving to this new buidling, the Fairhope Post Office was on the bottom floor of the Masonic Lodge Buidling on South Section Street.) The building was also used as the offices for the Fairhope Courier, the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce and a bank. ...

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7. FMH_0994 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the Carl L. Bloxham Insurance and Real Estate Company at 327 Fairhope Avenue in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. According to the National Register of Historic Places Survey Form ( 34_72_077), this is the first example of an Art Deco style structure built in Fairhope. The men in the picture are not identified. The Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce is the current tenant in the historic Bloxham Building. From the Fairhope Single Tax Co...

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8. FSTC-0417 - Photograph, Digital

   Two photographs dated December 6, 1951 and published in the December 13, 1951 Fairhope Courier . The caption reads: "The above picture shows the Band of Fairhope heading the parade on the occasion of the arrival of four Hollywood Stars, Robert Stack, Bruce Bennett, Julia Adams and producer Irving Asher in Fairhope last Thursday afternoon and Cecil Pitman, president of the Chamber of Commerce greeting the visitors at the Fairhope Theatre wher...

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9. PMG_14248-14249 - Flyer

   Flyer published in bulk dated November 9, 1923. Published by the Fairhope Courier as an "Educational Leaflet." Titled: "Peculiar Psychology Chamber of Commerce Members." The Fairhope Courier editor, E. B. Gaston, is editorializing on the Mobile, Alabama Chamber of Commerce's support of what Gaston refers to as "exactions and discriminations of the Railroad Companies." Gaston, the Single-Taxer and proponent that public utilities (including ...

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10. PMG-5429-5443 - Booklet

    Booklet dated 1946 titled "Fairhope, Alabama....on Beautiful Mobile Bay." This 5 1/4" x 7 1/4" promotional booklet was edited by Converse Harwell and published by the Fairhope Chamber of Commerce. Walter Overton and Claude Bagge prepared the material. The booklet includes information on Fairhope history, amenities, activities, artwork and maps by Overton, a copy of the Fairhope song, "Fairhope, I Love You," a list of Fairhope Chamber of Commer...

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11. PUB_0050_0058 - Booklet

    Booklet published in 1931-1932 by the Fairhope Chamber of Commerce titled: "Fairhope on Mobile Bay; Facts of Interest." This is a 16-page promotional borchure describing the attributes of Fairhope, Alabama as a place to visit, live and work. Includes many photographs. The brochure was printed at the Courier Print Shop in Fairhope. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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