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 (3 total)

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Photos of Spring Hill College, at 4307 Old Shell Road, Mobile, AL, including images copied from the 75th anniversary yearbook of the original building, the 1839 plot, and the old college ruins after the fire of 1869

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Final page discussing the history of the Mobile fire department. Police department history begins on page 71.

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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.
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