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.

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I6 . Sep 83 A7.jpg
African American workers in an industrial setting

I5 . Sep 83 A7.jpg
Men in hats standing around bananas

I3 . Sep 83 A7.jpg
Aerial view of downtown Mobile

Tacon Tissington House . Harrison.jpg
Drawings by Rebecca Harrison of the Tissington House, built 1901

Front Porch . Vickers House . Harrison.jpg
Drawings by Rebecca Harrison of the Vickers House, built 1935-1936

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

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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