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1. 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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2. DBJ-0210 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated 1899 titled "Early Days in Fairhope" In de' Melon Field" of William A. Dealy eating a slice of watermelon in a watermelon patch. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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3. DBJ-0212 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated 1899 titled "Early Days in Fairhope" of Mrs. Adelaide Stuart Dealy standing in the watermelon patch holding a slice of melon in each hand as her son and husband, William A. and Paul Kingston Dealy, approach. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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4. DBJ-0523 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of Ola Powell Malcolm standing on a ladder picking fruit in a beautiful dress in Fairhope, Alabama. Miss Ola Powell was the daughter of R. F. Powell who came to Fairhope in 1904 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he had been associated with the Vacant Lots Cultivation Program. In Fairhope, he ran the Fairhope Improvement Company, among other endeavors. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope...

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5. DBJ-0599 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of a large satsuma orange tree in or near Fairhope, Alabama. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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6. DBJ-0601 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of men picking satsumas in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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7. DBJ-0810 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of bananas being unloaded at the banana docks at the Port of Mobile, Alabama. Advertisements for the Sherwin Williams Paint Company and the Adrian B. Dure Decorating Company (a business in Mobile, Alabama) appear on a wood structure on the dock. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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8. FMH_0869 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of a couple picing figs in Baldwin County, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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9. FMH_2304-2305 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated June 25, 1926 by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1946) of part of the concrete garden at Tolstoy Park in Montrose, Alabama. Stuart has planted dasheens and strawberries. Irrigation pipes are visible, as is one leg of the windmill, and the water tank is seen far in the distance. This photograph is included in a scrapbook compiled by Stuart's family of pictures he sent to his sons in Oregon during the years he lived in t...

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10. FMH_2327-2328 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated March 23, 1928 of the concrete strawberry tower loaded with berries at Tolstoy Park in Montrose, Alabama. Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1946), known as the "Hermit" of Montrose and "Ye Olde Weaver," constructed an unusual concrete and brick Round House (Hermit House) . He also built a "concrete garden" of raised beds and designed and made the concrete strawberry tower seen here. Irrigation pipes and a wall of the "concre...

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11. FMH_2329-2330 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1946) of the "concrete garden" at Tolstoy Park in Montrose, Alabama. Stuart, known as the "Hermit" of Montrose and "Ye Olde Weaver," describes the strawberries and onions in the garden, and the water tank at the far end. Note the irrigation pipes. The picture was taken on March 23, 1928. This photograph is included in a scrapbook compiled by Stuart's family of pictures he sent to the...

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12. FMH_2341-2342 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1946) on August 21, 1929 of the old "concrete garden" at his property, Tolstoy Park, in Montrose, Alabama. Stuart, known as the "Hermit" of Montrose and "Ye Olde Weaver" has planted strawberries and soybeans. Stuart had built more raised beds or "concrete gardens" which he sometimes refers to as the "new" concrete gardens in some other photos in this collection. This photograph is incl...

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13. FSTC-0231 - Photograph, Digital

    Undated photograph by Mary C. Rathje of Harris Greeno in his yard in Fairhope, Alabama. Dr. Greeno (1832-1919), who served as the Town of Fairhope's first mayor, is shown standing beside a laden fruit tree. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. FSTC-0233 - Photograph, Digital

    Undated photograph of Dr. Harris Greeno standing outside a house beside a large fig tree. There is a photograph, likely taken the same day (FSTC-0221) of Dr. Greeno standing at another entrance to the same house. Dr. Greeno was the first mayor of the Town of Fairhope (elected 1908). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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15. FSTC-0621 - Photograph, Digital

    Three photographs clipped from an unknown publication, mounted on a presentation board. Included are pictures of William Stimpson and Frank L. Brown c. 1890-1895. Both men were early residents of the Fairhope Colony and both were engaged in several businesses through the years. Interestingly, both ran sawmills: Stimpson's was located where the Fairhope Post Office is today, and Brown's sawmill was on the northeast corner of Greeno Road (HWY 9...

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16. FSTC-0703 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Mary C. Rathje of eight men standing in front of a satsuma tree. Dr. O.F.E. Winberg, president of the gulf Coast Horticultural Society stands at the far left. See FSTC-0734 for another picture of these men amongt the fruit trees. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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17. FSTC-0734 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Mary C. Rathje of men in a satsuma grove in Fairhope, Alabama. Dr. O.F.E. Winberg, president of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society stands at the far right. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo