Heading: (Alabama)
Author:
Title: Family album from Fairhope, Alabama in the 1920s
Place Published: [Fairhope, Alabama]
Publisher:
Date Published: [c. 1920s]
Description:

Unpaginated album of 160 albumen photographs, variously sized and mounted to rough paper pages. 17x15 cm (6¾x6"), paper wrappers bound with string.

Wonderful family photo album from Fairhope, Alabama. Depicts the experience of life in a rural bayside community at the time, with notable subjects including Fort Morgan and the School for Organic Education. Many of the photos are of recreational activities including boat trips, beach outings, fishing trips, and picnics. The diversity of the wildlife is also conveyed by the presence of numerous animals including opossums, pelicans, snapping turtles, snakes and even an alligator. Fairhope was initially founded as a Georgist utopian community and artist colony in 1894 and still exists today as a resort town.

Wear and tear to wrappers and page edges; first 10 pages are slightly larger and laid in loose, various minor toning to some photos, curling to some corners; very good.