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 (118 total)

20.pdf
Ad page for Barney Cavanagh Hardware Co., including image of the building

21.pdf
Text detailing the history of the volunteer fire companies in Mobile, starting with Creole No. 1, in 1819; includes a potrait image of Chief Thomas F. Price. Text continues on page 23.

22.pdf
Ad page for Kohlman & Co.

23.pdf
Continuation of the Mobile fire department history, including a photo of Assistance Chief Geo. W. Myrick

24.pdf
Ad page for P.W. Walsh & Son

25.pdf
Continuation of the history of the Mobile fire department, picking up in 1833 with the organization of Franklin Company No. 3 and including portrait images of Captains Thomas Meyers, Henry A. Dolle, James Keefe, and Louise W. Brodie. Continues on…

26.pdf
Ad page for Wm. J. Foley Horse Shoer

27.pdf
Continuation of the history of the Mobile fire department, going through 1843, and including portrait images of Jno. H. Marquis, Thomas A. Doyle, W.E. McGowan, and C.S. McHugh. Continues on page 31.

28.pdf
Ad page for Jas. McPhillips Grocery Co.

29.pdf
Photo of Creole Steam Fire Co. No. 1, on 15 North Dearborn Street
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