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 (8 total)

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Part 2 of Eugene Walter's Conversations About Mobile oral history interview, in which he discusses his return to the United States and Mobile.

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Part 1 of Eugene Walter's Conversations About Mobile oral history interview, in which he discusses his early life and travels in Europe.

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Rosemary Butler talks about race relations in Mobile, including segregated theaters and her husband's fight for the position of State Housing Commissioner .

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6 Nov . Strand reopens 1918 p10 MobileRegister.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Prima Donna in War Hits and Singing - Dancing Chorus in Bill

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6 Nov . Strand Theatre reopening ad 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
Advertisement for the reopening of the Strand Theater

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6 Nov . Queen Theatre reopening ad 1918 p7 Mobille Register.pdf
Advertisement for the reopening of the Queen Theater

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6 Nov . Empire theater reopening ad 1918 p5 Mobile Register.pdf
Advertisement about the reopening of the Empire Theater

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Photo of front elevation of Second American Theater, on Royal St., Mobile, AL; has since been demolished

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