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34_92_001_021 - Book
Book titled "Story of the Tensaw, Blakely, Spanish Fort, Jackson Oaks, Fort Mims" by Prescott A. Parker (aka P. A. Parker 1860-1946). Note: "Blakely" is spelled "Blakeley" in recent times; Parker spelled it with only one 'e.' P. A. Parker presented a copy of this history volume to the Fairhope Public Library and it still has a place in the Library's special collections. P. A. Parker came to the Fairhope vicinity around 1900 and was a pr...
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5.3.1-157 - Correspondence
Correspondence (P, Q) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1931-1954. 5.3.11-23 contains some interesting correspondence from Aostolos Papdeas. In a 10/24/1953 letter he explains that he is a Greek who came to the United States about six years ago. He is an economist, a Georgist and was involved in the cooperative movement in Greece. He has been in Mobile for six weeks working as an economist at the Malbis Bakery Company. He is interes...
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FMH_1014 - Photograph, Digital
Photograph of the Spanish Fort Motor Lodge in Spanish Fort, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.
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FSTC-0892 - Photograph, Digital
Photograph of wharf and beach at Spanish Fort, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.
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PMG_14252_14263 - Booklet
"The Yanks Take Over the Eastern Shore" published in October 1948 by Mary O. Carney from Daphne, Alabama. Mrs. Carney writes about the people who started the communities of Spanish Fort, The Village or Jackson Oaks, Daphne, Montrose, Fairhope, Battles Wharf and Point Clear. She published another small booklet in 1954 titled "Gateways to History" which is available in these Archives at 34_90_001_012. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhop...
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