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Siena Vista Garden Club (Mobile, Ala.). Scrapbooks, 1949-1950, 1951.

Title: Scrapbooks, 1949-1950, 1951.

Consists of a membership list, and a list of the charter members, as well as the constitution and bylaws of the organization. In addition, the collection is made up of newspaper clippings and magazine article related to various species of flowers as well as about gardening in general, newspaper clippings about Siena Vista and regional garden club meetings, as well as flower shows, and photographs of a few members and a few homes along Siena Vista Street. One newspaper clipping mentions the opening of the 1950 Azalea Trail and there is a brochure describing and three postcards depicting Bellingrath Gardens. The collection also contains other ephemera.

ArchivalResource: .25 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247991135 View

Thigpen, Roy W.,. Photographs, ca. 1900-1955 bulk 1947-1955.

Title: Photographs, ca. 1900-1955 bulk 1947-1955.

Approximately 18,500 safety negatives made up of aerial images of Mobile and several surrounding areas, as well as photographs of the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the Azalea Trail, the local Salvation Army, several Miss Americas, the 1952 Senior Bowl, the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mobile, and local churches,schools, nurseries, clubs and organizations, hospitals (primarily the Mobile Infirmary), sports teams, slum clearance, banks, restaurants, hotels, television and radio stations, and other businesses. There are also a few images of Bellingrath Gardens, of the Dauphin Island Bridge construction, and of a labor strike in 1954, as well as wedding photographs and portraits of individuals. Some of the more well-known Mobilians in the portraits are Stephens Croom, Marsha Weinacker, Mike Kahalley, E.B. Ladd, Mrs. Arthur Outlaw, George Denniston, O.H. Delchamps, T.C. Van Antwerp, Jack Gallalee, Mrs. Leonard Metzger, Mrs. John Waterman, and E.B. Peebles. Other notable people found in the collection are Eddie Rickenbacker, Jack Cardwell,Mamie Van Doren, Bob Hope, Julian Rayford, and Tony Curtis. Also included in the collection are ca. 85 glass plate negatives that feature two images of McGill Institute, one of Providence Infirmary, several of the Church Street Cemetery, as well as photographs of ships, railroad scenes, the 1913 visit of President Woodrow Wilson, the aftermath of the 1906 hurricane, and local hotels, residences, and businesses. In addition there are approximately 115 nitrate negatives that include photographs of the aftermath of the 1916 hurricane, of the Spanish Fort Tourist Village, of Lyons Park, of Merchants National Bank, of Murphy High School, of a 1916 preparedness day rally, of the Bankhead Tunnel, and of a 1910 Confederate veterans parade, as well as images of local Mardi Gras parades and waterfront scenes.

ArchivalResource: ca. 18,700 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/248592596 View

Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. Records.

Title: Records.

Photographs, negatives, newsclippings, brochures, tax records, maps, etc., primarily related to the chamber's efforts to promote Dauphin Island, Alabama, as a resort location. Among the more interesting photographs are those of Alabama Power Company's Barry Steam Plant, Azalea Trail Maids, several different bridges, several area forts, the construction of new dormitories at Mobile College (now the University of Mobile), and four photos of a "treasure house" near Theodore, Alabama, that contained a 1742 Paul de Lamerie urn, a Louis XV ladies secretary, and a rare Chippendale table. Other interesting items in the collection are a series of reprinted photographs and textual material related to the USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut, and the Battle of Mobile Bay, which apparently formed part of a transfer of material from the U.S. Navy and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard to the chamber after the chamber began plans to create a "Hartford Room" at Fort Gaines. Those plans failed to materialize. Also of interest is a brochure and photograph relating to the semi-quincentennial of the founding of Mobile.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246680605 View