Mobile Public Library Digital Collections

Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Browse Items (82 total)

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4 large boats in Mobile Bay

Hypothetical Diary Entries . Bill Bates & Bill Bates V.pdf
Imaginary diary entries for hypothetical persons Bill Bates and his descendant, Bill Bates V, written by 15 year old John Adams as part of his Growing Up in Mobile: Depression & Wartime project, with critique by historian Elizabeth Barrett Gould

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People lined up to pose in front of large fish hanging from hooks

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Bienville Square, with line of cars parked on the side of street

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Greenhouse at Bellingrath Gardens

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Bay Queen steamboat and its passengers

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Downtown Mobile, including Battle House

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Men working on the Bankhead Tunnel

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Men in hats standing around bananas

Architectural Study . Rebecca Harrison.pdf
A comparison of a wealthy upper-class house of 1930 with a wealthy upper-class house of the turn of the century
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