Related Records

1. 8.3.1-107 - Correspondence

   Correspondence (N-R) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1951-1971.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
2. FSTC-1152 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c. 1950s, of the Ruffles Company building at 15 North Section Street with six people standing in front. Ruffles was started by W. R. Ruffles, Sr. in 1922 as a plumbing company. At the time this photograph was taken, hardware, electrical and butane services had been added. Later, air conditioning, heating and appliances were added. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Ruffles Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. FSTC-1153 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1950s of a crowd of interested customers admiring a new range on display outside the Ruffles Company. The Ruffles Company was in the plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning business and a butane gas supplier, and also sold gas and electrical appliances. The business was located at 15 North Section Street (it would later move to Fairhope Avenue). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruff...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FSTC-1154 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of an antenna on top of the Ruffles Company building in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FSTC-1155 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c. 1950s of four men standing in front of three Ruffles Company trucks at Byrne Field in Atmore, Alabama (Escambia County). The Ruffles Company was a plumbing, electrical, heating and airconditiong company in Fairhope, Alabama, which also provided butane gas and sold gas and electrical appliances. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. FSTC-1156-1157 - Photograph, Digital

   Two photographs of the interior of the Ruffles Company plumbing, electrical and heating and air conditioning business in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. One picture shows the warehouse with boxed appliances; the other photo is of three Ruffles employees working on applicances in the shop lined with parts and accessories. The photos are not dated, but are likely from the 1950s. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. FSTC-1158-1159 - Photograph, Digital

   Two pictures of a Ruffles Company sewer project underway in or near Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. FSTC-1160 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace signing a document while four men look on. No date or other reference. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family..

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. FSTC-1162-1163 - Photograph, Digital

   Two photographs from the Ruffles Company: a photograph of a Ruffles Company truck, and a picture of the side of the Ruffles Buidling at 15 North Section Street in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. FSTC-1167 - Photograph, Digital

    Cabinet card photograph of the Room 8 class at the Webster School in Valpariso, Indiana. Information from the back of the photograph identifies the girl holding the Webster School sign as Mary Arsula (Mary Arsula Ruffles 1884-1959). Mrs. Ruffles and husband William R. Ruffles moved to Fairhope to farm, but by 1922 Mr. Ruffles started Ruffles Company, a successful plumbing, sewerage business, later including electrical, heating and air, butane an...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. FSTC-1195-1196 - Photograph, Digital

    Post card photograph titled "Typical Wharf Scene, Mobile, Ala" of the docks at the Port of Mobile. The post card is dated November 28, 1924 to Mamie Elizabeth "Dimple" Ruffles in La Grange, Georgia from her mother in Fairhope, Alabama asking her to come home for a visit. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Ruffles Family.

    Record Type: Photo