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1. 1904_Courier_Page_025 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph published in the February 15, 1904 Fairhope Courier of the "Business Center of Fairhope." The photo is looking east on Fairhope Avenue showing Mrs. Anne B. Call's Millinery, Dry Goods and Ladies' Furnishings store, the Mershon Brothers' Merchandising Store, Clement L. Coleman's residence (before he moved to Ingleside Street) the Fairhope Exchange and residence of George Steenstra and family, the Brown . The Frank L. Brown block, Fai...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. DBJ-0201 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated 1900 of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken looking east northeas. The buildings are on the north side of Fairhope Avenue. The first building on the left is Mrs. Anne B. Call's Millinery, Dry Goods and Ladies' Furnishings shop (renamed Pinequat Shop around 1915). The second building is Mershon Brothers Merchandising Store which was at the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Secti...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. DBJ-0215 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of the water tank in Fairhope, Alabama with people standing in front and several shown on its legs. This large water tank and windmill were built in 1899-1900 over the town well. Dealy title this photo "Town Pump." The photograph is of poor quality and is torn. Other images of this water tank are available in the FSTC Archives: search "water tank" in the photo search box. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FMH_0028 - Photograph, Digital

   Two photographs c.1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The pictures are taken looking east (one picture is titled "Fairhope Avenue Looking East") of houses in the 100-block of Fairhope Avenue. In the first picture two figures are seen in the distance walking on the sidewalk toward the downtown area. A horse and buggy are also headed east towards the downtown business center. Power poles are visible ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FMH_0034 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Harvey Conrow dated c.1932 of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken from the intersection with Church Street and looks east. Fairhope businesses are easy to see: Hammond's Grocery and Market on the north side of Fairhope Avenue, and across the street the Tea Tile Room, Fairhope Playhouse, Taylor's Restaurant, The Norton House, Lowell Brothers Dry Cleaning and more. Harvey R. Conrow owned Conrow's Photo Shop...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. FMH_0040 - Photograph, Digital

   Iconic photograph dated 1897 of the town pump, Mershon Brothers Store and other buildings in early Fairhope, Alabama. The photographer is unknown, but the rights to the picture were purchased by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, in 1914. Stewart titled the photo "P.O. Corner in the early days-1897." The post office was housed in the Mershon Brothers store. The store was located on the northwest corner of Section Street and Farhope Avenue - the...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. FMH_0167 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1917-1920 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Peoples Railroad car on the tracks in front of the Fairhope Pharmacy on Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The car which was damaged in the hurricane of 1916 and lost part of its front end, is headed west toward the bayfront. See FSTC-0956 for a similar photograph. The small concrete block building beside the Pharmacy was built in 1913 for G. W. Clifton and his confectionery...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. FMH_0180 - Photograph, Digital

   Post Card of downtown Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken looking east on Fairhope Avenue. The photographer is standing at the intersection with Church Street. Photo not dated, but likely c.1930s-early 1940s. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. FMH_0189 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "On Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama." A couple is visible sitting on the porch. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. FMH_0193 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated September 1916 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Ruins of the Vanderslice Shop." Mr. K. B. Vanderslice, a blacksmith, opened his shop in 1911 on the north side of Fairhope Avenue, between Section Street and Bancroft Street in Fairhope, Alabama. A fire destroyed the shop, all contents, his vehicle and the motorcycle of his employee Rudolph Tuveson. Here children look at the ruins of his business. Next door, and no...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. FMH_0197 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1939 of Klumpp Motor Company owned by T. J. Klupp (who would also serve as mayor of Fairhope). The business was the Chevrolet dealership and was located at the southwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Bayview Street in Fairhope, Alabama. Photograph is attributed to Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, by Fairhope historian Donnie Barrett. Other images of the business are at FSTC-0894-0897 in these Online Archives. From the Fairho...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. FMH_0199-0200 - Photograph, Digital

    Photographs dated 1916 and 1918 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "The Kanuck-Fairhope Ala." The Kanuck Hotel opened in 1914 and was located on the south side of Fairhope Avenue between Church Street and Summit Street. Originally the residence of physician Dr. R. A. Hail, the building became a boarding house about 1914. The original structure is shown in the first picture, and the 1918 addition is seen in the second photo. From th...

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. FMH_0258 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1920s of a foggy day in Fairhope, Alabama. This is the downtown business district, looking east on Fairhope Avenue from the intersection of Church Street. Two copies of the picture are included/ From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. FMH_0340 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph, c.1940, of the intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. The view is looking west-northwest. Brumfield's Department Store, rented from building owne J. I. Pitman, is the building just beyond the Pure Oil sign.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. FMH_0341 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated June, 1958, of Arthur Fairhope Gaston (aka Spider Gaston) and Miss Helen Call leading the Town of Fairhope's 50th Anniversary celebration parade. Although Fairhope was founded in 1894, it was not a municipality in the State of Alabama in 1908 - and it is this Golden Anniversary which is being celebrated. The float is passing The Colony Shop, located on the south side of the street at 332 Fairhope Avenue. (This business wo...

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. FMH_0353 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Harvey R. Conrow, owner of Conrow's Photo Shop and dated 1932, of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken from the intersection with Church Street and looks east. Fairhope businesses are easy to see: Hammond's Grocery and Market on the north side of Fairhope Avenue, and across the street the Tea Tile Room, Fairhope Playhouse, Taylor's Restaurant, The Norton House, Lowell Brothers Dry Cleaning and more. This...

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. FMH_0356 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1936 of the northeast corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in downtown Fairhope, Alabama showing two water tanks. This unusual picture shows Fairhope's second water tank on the left. This tank was built in 1915-1916 as a replacement for the first water tank which stood at the intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street and was over the town well. The new water tank (built 1936 and Fairhope's third) stands o...

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. FMH_0568 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1915 of a barefoot toddler astride a donkey in the middle of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The little girl wears a hat and a bead necklace. The picture is looking west. The water tank, at the intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street, can be seen. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. FMH_0889 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1920s of a foggy day in Fairhope, Alabama. This is the downtown business district, looking east on Fairhope Avenue from the intersection of Church Street. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. FMH_0905 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1935-1940 of an aerial view of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken from the water tank which stood behind where the Fairhope Museum of History is located today. The bottom left shows Fairhope Pharmacy and the businesses on the south side of the street. The Mecca Service station with its unusual roof is where Church Street intersects with Fairhope Avenue. The corner of the Fairhope Christian Church is seen in...

    Record Type: Photo