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)

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Title page of "Souvenir History of the Mobile Fire and Police Departments, 1819 to 1902", with image of fireman on a horse-drawn wagon

117.pdf
Front and back of the book's back cover

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Front and back of the book's front cover

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Ad page for D.R. Dunlap Mercantile Co.

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Ad page for Golden Eagle Saloon, A.C. Ellermann, Proprietor

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Biographical information about Chief C. Walter Soost; includes portraits of Patrolmen John Mason, Jno. Harrison, Alex McCarron, and W.H. McDavid. Text continues on page 103.

102.pdf
Ad page for Geary & Kaver, dealers in staple and fancy groceries, feed and fertilizers

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Continuation of the Chief C. Walter Soost bio and Mobile police department history, including portraits of Patrolmen Jas. McGinnis, W.H. Dick, C.K. Spiers, and M. Roat. Text continues on page 105.

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Ad page for George C. Winter Saloon

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Continuation of the history of Chief Soost's career in the Mobile police department, including portraits of Patrolmen Tim. Ford, C.G. Hill, E.H. Holloway, and J.J. Bromley. Text continues on page 107.
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