Related Records

1. 34_50_041 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of a Fairhope mail carrier in a donkey cart in Fairhope, Alabama. c. 1915. The picture is from "Early Days of Fairhope" published in recognition of the Centennial of Fairhope's founding 1894-1994. The booklet is available in the FSTC Archives: PUB_0017_0035. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 34_85_011_016 - Newspaper Article

   Three newspaper articles about the last remaining water route mail delivery operated by the U. S. Postal Service on the Magnolia River in Magnolia Springs, Alabama. Articles dated 12/9/2003 in US Today, the Pensacola News Journal dated 12/9/2013 and Gulf Coast News Today dated 1/14/2014 are included. The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Online Archives has other information about Magnolia Springs in the collection, including some excellent...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
3. BSS.238-239 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard by photographer Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, circa 1900, of Fish River at Marlow. The card is addressed to Mr. R. Sundberg in Houston, Texas and mentions the poor roads resulting in teams not being able to deliver mail. The one cent postage stamp is clearly visible. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. BSS.533-534 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Fast Mail Str Lucile." The Lucile, formerly owned by the Vanderbilt family, saw service as a bayboat steamer on Mobile Bay from 1908 to1909. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FMH_0323 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, not dated, by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "U.S. Mail Fairhope, Ala." Postal carrier stands in the mail buggy as three men watch. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. FSTC-0934 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Ralph Keller, c. 1913-1920, mail carrier for Fairhope's first rural route. He is posed in his mail buggy in front of the Fairhope Post Office, located in the first floor of the Masonic Lodage (aka Greeno Lodge) on south Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. Mr. Keller was appointed as Fairhope's first RFD (Rural Free Delivery) carrier in 1913. This picture is from the 1994 Fairhope High School Pirateer calendar. See PMG-40...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. FSTC-V0079 - Video, Digital

   Video dated October 3, 2022 titled "Life in Montrose 100 Years Ago" presented by Richard "Dick" Scott, Jr. The presentation was made to the Montrose Historic Preservation Society in Montrose, Alabama. Run time is approximately 22 minutes. Dr. Roy A. "Bo" Kite introduced Mr. Scott. The pictorial-with-captions presentation covers the topics of Montrose houses, streets, mail delivery, education, law enforcement, medical facilities, communicat...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
8. PMG-2000 - Photograph, Digital

   Fairhope, Alabama Rural Route carrier Ralph Keller delivering the mail on his motorcycle c. 1915. This picture is from Fairhope On Mobile Bay, a promotional booklet published in 1915 about Fairhope (and available t PMG-4057-4092 in thde online Archives). The quality is poor. See Mr. Keller delivering mail in a horse and buggy at FSTC--0934 in these Online Archives. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archive...

   Record Type: Photo