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 (23 total)

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

107.pdf
Continuation of the history of what was then the current force of the Mobile police department, including portraits of Patrolman J.R. Burgess and Porter Lorenzo Avery. Text continued on page 109.

109.pdf
Continuation of the history of the Mobile police department. Text continues on page 111.

111.pdf
Continuation of the history of the Mobile police department, detailing the on-duty fatal conflict leading to the death of Detective Edward Morris and listing the deaths of several other prominent members, including Detective T.B. McGovern, Sergeant…

113.pdf
Portrait of Sergeant Jos. Hart, died Oct. 7, 1901

115.pdf
The end of the account of the history of the Mobile police department.

3.pdf
Beginning of introduction, written by John C. O'Connell. Text continues on page 5.

5.pdf
Continuation of the book intro by John C. O'Connell

71.pdf
Text detailing the history of the Mobile police department, following the incorporation of Mobile in 1814; includes a portrait image of Chief Police C.W. Soost. Text continues on page 73.

73.pdf
Continuation of the history of the Mobile police department, beginning with the re-incorporation of the "The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Mobile" in 1819; includes a portrait of Lieutenant E.T. Rondeau. Text continues on page 77.
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