Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
FSTC-0173 |
Object Name |
Photograph, Digital |
Description |
Photograph c. 1908-1910 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Bathing in Mobile Bay. The picture shows people swimming in the Bay off Pier #2, The Manure Pier. The Manure Wharf (also called the Short Wharf) was built in 1908 to accept boat loads of manure fertilizer and was located north of the big wharf. The Fairhope Red Wharf is in the background, The pier head and some of the pier were destroyed when the General Lee bay boat steamer burned on December 13, 1910. Most pictures of the Fairhope Wharf are of the 'White Wharf,' which was built to replace the Red Wharf House. .From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. |
Search Terms |
Photographs Mobile Bay Swimming Piers Manure Wharf Entertainment Wharf Red Wharf |
People |
Stewart, Frank |
Year Range from |
1908 |
Year Range to |
1910 |
Collection |
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives |