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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Eight men working, maybe on some kind of boat, by the water

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African American workers in an industrial setting

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A room full of tables of women with sewing machines

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An elderly African American woman and a young boy, possibly her grandson, stand in front of thrown together lean-to while two men pick up pieces in the background; most likely a settlement at the City Dump

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Musical band of men with various instruments, including banjo, piano, and saxophone at WODX radio station

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Man photographing a married couple

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Water in industrial area

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Men working in water with picks or shovels

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Men standing by buckets of fish on the docks

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Men gathered around train that is hanging halfway off the tracks
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