Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
FMH_0028 |
Object Name |
Photograph, Digital |
Description |
Two photographs c.1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The pictures are taken looking east (one picture is titled "Fairhope Avenue Looking East") of houses in the 100-block of Fairhope Avenue. In the first picture two figures are seen in the distance walking on the sidewalk toward the downtown area. A horse and buggy are also headed east towards the downtown business center. Power poles are visible on the north side of Fairhope Avenue all the way into downtown; the power poles date this photo to around 1915. The second photograph is a wider view, showing more houses in the same general location. (The white house in the middle of this picture is seen at the far left in the first picture.) The Peoples Rail Road track.is clearly seen at the bottom right. This photo is taken a bit later than the first. Information about the houses in this second photograph is detailed by Fairhope historian Donnie Barrett in his "Stewart The Picture Man Images of Fairhope" book (2017), page 177. Note the gradual incline of the topography as it rises from the bayfront (which is west - to the left - outside this picture's frame). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection. |
Search Terms |
Photographs Houses Fairhope Avenue Power Poles Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection |
People |
Stewart, Frank |
Year Range from |
1915 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Collection |
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation |