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1. 17.8.36-37 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated 4/20/1909 of the Fairhope Improvement Company. The Mershon Merchandising Company's claim against unpaid charges from the Steamer Fairhope II was discussed with a prosopal offered to settle the difference. between the Fairhope Imporvement Company and MMC. R. F. Powell was issued a $100 loan. The president of the company will receive a salary of $12.50 per month retroactive to the election. Capt Owen Roberts declined a set...

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2. 1903_Courier_Pages_066-06 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and description of the interior of the Mershon Brothers' Store in Fairhope, Alabama. The store was located on the northwest corner of Section Street and Farirhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama From the Beiser Photograph Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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3. 1905_Courier_Page_383 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the Mershon Brothers Store at the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street as printed in the December 1, 1905 Special Winter Resort Edition of the Fairhope Courier. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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4. 1906_Courier_Page_105 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and description printed in the April 6, 1906 Fairhope Courier of the home of John Zurhorst. This house is located on Fels Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama and was constructed by Charles Littlefield (Littlefied Concrete Company) and the Mershon Merchandising Company. See another picture of this house after it was occupied: DBJ-0895 From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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5. 1906_Courier_Page_117 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Mershon Merchandising Company concrete blocks printed in the April 13, 1906 Fairhope Courier. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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6. 1.9.10-13 - Letter

   Letter dated 3/23/1904 by James Bellangee, Treasurer of the Fairhope Industrial Association. This is in reference to a suit brought by Mr. George Hoyle for land he wanted to reclaim that is now possessed by the Fairhope Industrial Association. Mr. V. Watros has loaned the association $100 to settle the suit, and A. H. Mershon of Mershon Brothers has loaned $58 for the same purpose. Receipts accompany the letter. This is written on letter...

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7. FMH_0025 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the Mershon Brothers Store in Fairhope, Alabama. This picuture is c. 1897-1899. The store was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street, the busiest commercial corner in town. The town pump is shown in the middle of the intersection. Arthur H. Mershon and Nathaniel L. Mershon were the proprietors of the business. The rear of A. H. Mershon's house is seen behind the store buildi...

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8. FMH_0373 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1900 of the corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is looking at the first commercial business site in town - northwest corner of that intersection. Mershon Brothers General Merchandise store opened in April, 1896. The water tank was installed in 1899-1900 over the town well, and was in use until a new water tank was built in 1915-1916 near the current Fairhope Museum of History on Section S...

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9. 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

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10. FMH-A0004a - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) dated January 16, 1979 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. A continuation of this interview with additional later content is cataloged under separate records in these Archives at FMH-A0004b, FMH-A0007a and FMH-A0007b. The interview covers a wide range of topics about Mrs. Payne's life in Fairhope, her family, friends, experiences and observations. Included are topics about Mariet...

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11. FSTC-0044 - Photograph, Digital

    This cropped photograph dated 1897 is from the Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, collection. According to Fairhope historian Donnie Barrett, it is unlikely that Stewart took this photograph because he did not move to Fairhope until 1903. Stewart bought the copyright to the picture in 1914. NOTE: see FSTC-0056 for this same photograph cropped to show more of the trees and skyline. AND PMG-1463 shows an uncropped version) The picture shows what...

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12. FSTC-0056 - Photograph, Digital

    Cropped photograph dated 1897 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man. See full description of this photograph at FSTC-0044. This picture is cropped to show more of the trees than FSTC-0044. PMG-1463 shows an uncropped version. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. FSTC-0107 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation slide with labels of three pictures of early businesses in Fairhope, Alabama: The Pinequat Shop, Fairhope Pharmacy and Mershon Brothers Merchandising Store. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. FSTC-0373 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1897 of six building in early Fairhope, Alabama, including homes of E.B. Gaston and the Mershons. The building on the far right is the cooperative mercantile which would later become Mershon Bros. Merchandising Store. The buildings face Fairhope Avenue whic is not well seen in this photograph. The street in the foreground is Section Street, the picture was taken from where Johnson Avenue intersects with South Section Street. ...

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15. FSTC-0622 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1899-1915 of the corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is looking at the northwest corner of that intersection , which was the first commercial business site in town. Mershon Bros., Dealers in General Merchandise opened in April, 1896. The large water tank was built in 1899-1900 over the town well and was in use until a new water tank was built in 1915 -1916 near the current Fairhope Museum...

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16. FSTC-0673 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the Mershon Brothers Merchandising Store on the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. This store opened in April 1896. The Post Office was in a corner of the store; the "Fairhope Post Office" sign hangs on the right. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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17. FSTC-V0039 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated August 10, 1994 with 97-year old Lucille Edna Edgerton Tuveson (1897-1996). Interviewed by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Growing up, Mrs. Tuveson had moved with her parents from New Mexico, where her father worked on a cattle ranch, and then on to Florida, where she remembered the terrible poverty in the Jacksonville area. Mrs. Tuveson came to Fairhope in 1918 from Florida because her uncle knew of Quake...

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18. iii.10.63-64 - Treasurer's Report

    Fairhope Industrial Association Treasurer's (C. L. Coleman) Report of December 2, 1895 showing balance on hand and expeditures for November 1895.

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19. iv.1.28-30 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from D. G. Armitage of Baraboo, Wisconsin dated March 15, 1897 asking about his land in Fairhope. He is unable to pay for his rent. He asks if the interest from his Wharf Certificates might be transferred to the Tax Fund. He would like to come to Fairhope and asks if Mershon Brothers would advance him $50 taking his stock as collateral.

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20. iv.6.100-101 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/14/1897 to E. B. Gaston from Abner J. Smith, an attorney in Daphne, Alabama. Smith is writing about a debt owed by Simon VanderMulen to the Mershon Brothers store. VanderMulen says the purchase was made for the Fairhope Industrial Association, and he should not have to pay for it. Smith does not want to go to trial over such a small amount of money ($10.30).

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