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1. 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

   
2. FSTC-1144 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of The Fairhope House Hotel (aka Fairhope House, Fairhope Hotel) in Fairhope, Alabama. The hotel was located on the bluff overlooking the bayfront approximately where Magnolia Avenue curves to the east. George M. Bancroft built the hotel in 1897 and with his wife Delia Knowles Bancroft, operated it. M. V. Watros was the manager of the hotel at the time this picture was taken where the nightly room rate was $2 or $7-$8 a week. The ho...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. PMG-1639 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, lightly colorized, dated 1907 of a view of Magnolia Avenue and its intersection with Baview Street. The Columns house is on the right, and the old Fairhope Hotel in the upper left. The picture was taken from the "second story of our house" according to the information on the back of the picture which was probably written by a member of the E. B. Gaston family . From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Arc...

   Record Type: Photo