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1. 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...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. FSTC-0037 - Photograph, Digital

   Clipping from the Fairhope Courier newspaper of a photograph of the City Hall building built in 1928, the water tank, and the Public Service building (utilities) in 1928 on North Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. FSTC-0304 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph negatives of image in Fairhope, Alabama c. 1950s-1960s, including school, library, Fairhope Avenue looking nortwest, bank, cemetery, utilities. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FSTC-0341 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of a Water Works Certificate for five cents, issued by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in 1906. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FSTC-V0033 - Video, Digital

   Video interview with James P. Nix on January 27, 1995; interviewed by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Mr. Nix was born in Robertsdale, Alabama in 1937 and moved with his family to Fairhope in 1955 to be closer to his father's work at Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile, Alabama. He was in private business, and by 1968, decided to run for the Fairhope city council. He served on that body until deciding to run for mayor in 1972.. He...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
6. FSTC-V0034 - Video, Digital

   Video interview dated February 6, 1995 with James E. Gaston, Jr. (Jim) who was born in Fairhope in 1921. His father, James Ernest Gaston, came to Fairhope from Des Moines, Iowa in 1894 with his parents Fairhope founders, E.B. and Clara Gaston, and his siblings Frances Lily, Leah Catherine and Cornelius Alsonzo. He was four years old. Jim's father, James Ernest Gaston (Sr) married Olive "Piney" Wood. They lived at 6 North Summit Street in F...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
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