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1. DBJ-0201 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated 1900 of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is taken looking east northeas. The buildings are on the north side of Fairhope Avenue. The first building on the left is Mrs. Anne B. Call's Millinery, Dry Goods and Ladies' Furnishings shop (renamed Pinequat Shop around 1915). The second building is Mershon Brothers Merchandising Store which was at the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Secti...

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2. FMH_0040 - Photograph, Digital

   Iconic photograph dated 1897 of the town pump, Mershon Brothers Store and other buildings in early Fairhope, Alabama. The photographer is unknown, but the rights to the picture were purchased by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, in 1914. Stewart titled the photo "P.O. Corner in the early days-1897." The post office was housed in the Mershon Brothers store. The store was located on the northwest corner of Section Street and Farhope Avenue - the...

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3. FMH_0045 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of City Hall in Fairhope, Alabama. This Spanish Mission-style building ,made of Clay City Tile covered with stucco, was built by Forster and Company in 1928. It housed the mayor's office, fire department, police department and jail. The address is 24 North Section Street. The building was renovated and expanded in 2007 and reopened in 2008 as the Fairhope Museum of History. There are several images of this building in the FSTC ...

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4. FMH_0150 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1947-1950 of Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. The photograph is taken near the intersection of Section Street and Magnolia Avenue looking south at the town's commercial center. Seen clearly are: City Hall, the Public Utilities Building, Gaston Motor Company, McKean's Hardware, Fairhope Pharmacy, and the partial sign of Ruffles & Son plumbing business. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairh...

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5. FMH_0333 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of two boys riding on the hood of a car holiding a sign advertising a Mexican Fiesta. This is December 12, 1942 and the location is South Section Street. The event was sponsored by the Fairhope LIttle Theatre and the Music Club, and took place at the Fairhope High School Auditorium (located on Church Street at that time). Note: The New Yorker ladies' dress shop, owned by Mrs. Robert Nahrgang, is seen in the background. From th...

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6. FMH_0340 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, c.1940, of the intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. The view is looking west-northwest. Brumfield's Department Store, rented from building owne J. I. Pitman, is the building just beyond the Pure Oil sign.

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7. FMH_0356 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1936 of the northeast corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street in downtown Fairhope, Alabama showing two water tanks. This unusual picture shows Fairhope's second water tank on the left. This tank was built in 1915-1916 as a replacement for the first water tank which stood at the intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street and was over the town well. The new water tank (built 1936 and Fairhope's third) stands o...

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8. FMH_0913 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1915 of a Ford car with two men and two women. The car is parked on South Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama in front of the Post Office. The Post Office was located on the first floor of the Masonic Lodge (also called the Greeno Lodge). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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9. FMH_1018 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of north Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama, c.1950s. Location is just south of the intersection with Volanta Avenue. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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10. FMH_1066 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of South Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama.The picture is looking north, with the Greeno Lodge (Masonic Lodge), Knights of Pythias Building on the left, and the Fairhope Pharmacy in the distance. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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11. FMH_1091 - Photograph, Digital

    Aerial photograph by Frank Stewart. The Picture Man, titled "Looking North over Mobile Bay from Fairhope, Alabama. Mr. Stewart is standing in the water tower located beside the Old City Hall (now the Fairhope Museum of History) to take this picture of the wide view of the Mobile Bay shoreline. The intersection of Section Street and Magnolia Avenue is seen in the foreground. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fai...

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12. FMH_1093 - Photograph, Digital

    Aeriel photograph c. pre-1927 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Fairhope-The Bay in Distance" showing the curving shoreline of Mobile Bay and the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Section Street in close view. The Fairhope Colony Cemetery is seen in front of the line of trees in the mid-distance. The first house on the left was owned at one time by Marietta Johnson (Director and co-founder of the School of Organic Education) and husba...

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13. FSTC-0003 - Photograph, Digital

    Water tank at intersection of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. FSTC-0004 - Photograph, Digital

    1920. Section Street South showing buildings along street with school in distance. Wheeler Mercantile on front left built in 1918. Became Corner Cash Store in 1928 and demolished for McKeen's Hardware in 1931. Oldest building is the house on the south Corner of De La Mare Avenue. It still stands at the entrance of the French Quarter. Fairhope Pharmacy (then owned by Dr. Mershon) stands as it does today on the southwest corner of Section Stree...

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15. 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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16. 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.

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17. FSTC-0057 - Photograph, Digital

    Undated photographs by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama, probably between 1918-1930. The picture is looking north. The Greeno Masonic Lodge is the first building on the left (it housed the post office where Stewart had a newsstand). Stewart identifies the post office with the white writing on the picture. Two photographs are included with different tones. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation A...

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18. FSTC-0078 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1918 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of an aerial view of downtown Fairhope, Alabama. The image looks south on Section Street, with the intersection of Section and Fairhope Avenue in the foreground. The Fairhope Pharmacy still stands at the southwest corner. Note the large white public school building near the top right. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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19. FSTC-0155 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation slide of five photographs of early Fairhope businesses including the Bank of Fairhope, Fairhope Pharmacy, and Dr. C.G. Godard's Pharmacy and doctor's office (later Moyers Drugstore). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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20. FSTC-0197 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the Bank of Fairhope in Fairhope, Alabama on South Section Street facing west. The right turn to the west off Section on to De la Mare Street is seen. The bank opened in 1917 in a 1915-building owned by Souther Building and Material Company whose president was Marmaduke Dyson. This picture is c.1917-1921. Pictures after 1921 show the addition made in 1922, Search "Bank of Fairhope" in the PHOTOS box to see other pictures. The...

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