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  1. BSS.406-407 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Fairhope Wharf showing the Wharfhouse in the center, with the wharfinger's quarters above. (The window facing east has an accompanying window facing west so the wharfinger could see bay boat traffic coming to the pierhead.) Also shown are the women's bathhouse and the roof of the men's bathhouse. The Bayside Cafe is on the right. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fai...

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  2. BSS.541 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Fairhope Wharf showing the Wharfhouse in the foreground, The women's bathoue is the structure on the left. A clearer and wider view with more structures is BSS.406-407. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    BSS.541
  3. BSS.542-543 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Fairhope Wharf prior to 1910. (The wharf shown in this photo was damaged on December 10, 1910 when the General Lee bay boat caught fire and burned the wharf house and part of the pier - hence dating prior to 1910). From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  4. BSS.610-611 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled A Glimpse of Pier Head. Photograph is taken from the bluff overlooking Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama looking over the Wharf. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  5. DBJ-0169 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of "Ettle's Landing." Dated about 1906, this likely had been the pier and wharfhouse of John W. Ettel, who lived in Fairhope, Alabama before removing to Florida to start a hotel in Gainesville. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0169
  6. DBJ-0222 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated between 1901 -1905 of the bay boat steamer Fairhope I tied up at the end of the Fairhope Wharf, but getting up a head of steam. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0222
  7. DBJ-0229 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated between 1901 and 1905 of the bay boat steamer Fairhope I docked at the Fairhope wharf as people look on. A swimmer is seen getting ready to dive from the bow of the boat; another is seen above the roofline of the wharfhouse. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0229
  8. DBJ-0262 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of a view of Mobile Bay from the bluff overlooking the Fairhope Wharf. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0262
  9. DBJ-0365 - Photograph, Digital

    Early photograph of the Fairhope Wharfhouse at the pierhead by photographer by Arthur M. Dealy. c. 1901. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0365
  10. DBJ-0369 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of a view of the Fairhope Wharf and pierhead looking from the west. It is a windy day, as the flags over the Wharf House are blowing and a lady walking on the wharf is holding her hat. A boy has climbed the ladder to above the Wharf House roof to dive into the bay, following the boy who is pictured in mid-air. The Single Tax Colony sign is prominent, announcing "No Speculation for Anybody." The wording on the sig...

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0369
  11. DBJ-0379 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of a man standing on his head on the Fairhope Wharf beside the Wharf House in Fairhope, Alabama. A lady stands in the shade of the Wharf House checking the contents of her purse, and another man is with the rail cart which is carrying sacks. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0379
  12. DBJ-0416 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated September, 1908, of Ware's Wharf on St. Andrews Bay in Panama City, Florida. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0416
  13. DBJ-0417 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated September, 1908 of Panama City Landing in Panama City, Florida. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0417
  14. DBJ-0585 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy, dated 1901, of the Pierhead at the end of Fairhope Wharf in Fairhope, Alabama. People shown are at the wharf house, and likely waiting for a bay boat steamer to arrive to take them across the Bay to Mobile. The rails were for "little Jack mule," and later motorized service, to pull a cart to move freight and people to the shoreline. The beachfront can be seen in the faint distance. From the Dealy Brown Jennings...

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0585
  15. DBJ-0642 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated between 1911 and 1914 of a party of young Fairhopers at the end of the Fairhope Wharf in Fairhope, Alabama. The Wharf warehouse, the bath houses and the high bluff at the beach are visible. Miss Hazel Pilcher (Lott) is the standing in the back row, and that is probably Willaim A. Dealy on the left. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0642
  16. DBJ-0674 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated prior to 1911 of the end of the wharf in Fairhope, Alabama. The photograph is taken from the deck of a bay boat approaching wharf. Two men are seen running on the wharf head, probably to aid in the bay boat's docking. The wharf, wharf house (White pier house) are clearly seen. The shoreline with its high bluffs is in the background. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corpo...

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0674
  17. DBJ-0680 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of a view of the Fairhope Wharf from the bluff overlooking Mobile Bay. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0680
  18. DBJ-0681 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of the bay boat Lucile leaving the wharf at Fairhope, Alabama. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0681
  19. FMH_0156 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Sunday - Fairhope, Ala." The picture shows people walking on the Wharf. The men's and women's Bath Houses are on the right and left of the wharf. Beyond is the Thriller slide (shute) with the Wharf House (White Pier house) at the end of the Wharf. Note the People's Rail Road car coming up the tracks near the Thriller shute. Prominent in this photograph is the track of the Peopl...

    Record Type: Photo

    FMH_0156
  20. FMH_0157 - Photograph, Digital

    Aerial photograph c.1915, by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "A Sunday Crowd - just arrived - Fairhope, Ala." To get this view, Stewart is likely standing on the Thriller Slide steps (aka Thriller shute), a 40-foot tall structure built on the north side of the Wharf at approximately the midway point. The White Wharf House, (built in late 1910-early 1911, after the first Wharf House burned when the steamer General Lee burned in December 1...

    Record Type: Photo

    FMH_0157

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