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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Image of the Bienville Cross in Bienville Square

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

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Image of Bienville Square, with Waterman Building and Merchant's National Bank in the background

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Image of the Bienville Square gazebo decorated and lit up at for Christmas, with the Bienville Square fountain in the background

23 Oct . Discrepancy in flu report 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
News article
Sub-headlines:

Women's War Service House-to-House Canvass Shows Total 220 New Cases Yesterday
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Health Board Reported 34 New Cases Up To 4 PM
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No More Patients Will Be Received at Emergency Hospital, Mrs. Inge Announces

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

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

Elizabeth Billing #1151.pdf
Death certificate of Elizabeth Billing

Melville Billups #971.pdf
Death certificate for Melville Billups

Inf of Rudolph Bing #1117.pdf
Death certificate for Inf of Rudolph Bing
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