Bathing Beauties Description:Women line up during a beauty contest held on Dauphin Island, Alabama.Creator:unknown
Parker, Troost Description:King Felix II Troost Parker and his queen Helen Morehead (Mrs. Joe Hadgson), along with their pages, who are not identified. If you know who these children are, please contact us at mccalllib@usouthal…Creator:unknown
Dauphin Island, Alabama Description:In this promotional photograph sponsored by the Mobile, Alabama, Chamber of Commerce, two women toss a beach ball back and forth. The Mobile chamber had made the promotion of Dauphin Island a priority…Creator:unknown
Dauphin Island, Alabama Description:In the 1950s the Mobile, Alabama, Area Chamber of Commerce made a concerted effort to promote Dauphin Island, Alabama, as a tourist site. This image, taken for promotional purposes, shows a group of p…Creator:unknown
Uncle Sam Description:A Mobile Press Register advertisement placed by the U.S. War Manpower Commission urging the women of Mobile, Alabama, to join the work force during World War II. The ad reads in part: "To the Women of…Creator:U.S. War Manpower Commission
Spinsters Description:One of the things the Spinsters used to do was select a bachelor from among Mobile's eligible men and announce his name via the newspaper every Valentine's Day. Here we see four Spinsters posing in th…Creator:S. Blake McNeely
MAMGA Luncheon Description:A luncheon held by the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, the African American parading society of Mobile, Alabama. To the left and right of the speaker are Walter Beck LeFlore and Winfred A. Lucy, t…Creator:unknown
Spinsters Description:Founded in 1911, the Spinsters were made up of unmarried women of Mobile, Alabama, although they changed that rule later so that married ladies could remain a part of the group. Their emblem is a parr…Creator:S. Blake McNeely
Picking Cotton Description:Two unidentified women pick cotton near Mobile, Alabama. The photograph was taken on behalf of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad.Creator:S. Blake McNeely
Lucy, Winifred Description:Mobile, Alabama, has two Mardi Gras associations. One is the Mobile Carnival Association, which is made up of white mystic societies. The other is the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, made up of th…Creator:unknown
LeFlore, Walter Beck Description:King Elexis, the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association's (MAMGA) king for 1975, poses with his queen Winifred Lucy and two Azalea Trail Maids.Creator:unknown
School Class Description:Two Eastern Shore teachers and their class pose for the camera. Standing at the back are teachers Lois Slosson Sundberg and Olive Woster (or Wooster). Most of the children are identified as well.Creator:Frank Stewart
Bush, Curtis Description:Curtis Bush was King Felix III for Mardi Gras 1935. Here is seen leaving his yacht, which brings him every year from the Isle of Joy to the foot of the Mobile River so that he may reign over Mardi Gra…Creator:S. Blake McNeely
Van Antwerp, Sidney Description:The coronation of Mardi Gras king Sidney Van Antwerp and Emily Hearin Staples (Mrs. Sidney Van Antwerp) inside the cotton warehouse in Mobile, Alabama. As you can see, the events surrounding Mardi Gra…Creator:Erik Overbey
Juvenile King and Queen Description:The juvenile king and queen of Mobile, Alabama's, Mardi Gras pose for the camera with their capes laid out before them. They don't exactly looked thrilled to be there. The image was taken circa 1941.Creator:Erik Overbey
Boy with Model Plane Description:An unidentified boy looks on as a model plane hovers in the air.Creator:Erik Overbey
S.S. Mobile City Description:A large crowd looks on as the S. S. Mobile City is launched from the dock at Chickasaw, Alabama, circa 1920.Creator:Erik Overbey
Bankhead Tunnel Description:A cave-in during construction of the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama. The tunnel was named for John Hollis Bankhead, a U.S. Senator and grandfather of the actress Tallulah Bankhead. The tunnel was …Creator:unknown
Tiny Diny Description:The Tiny Diny, so named for the size of its original restaurant, first opened in Mobile, Alabama, in 1952. Some years later it relocated to larger headquarters and remained a staple of the community u…Creator:Julius Marx
North Side of Dauphin Street Description:The north side of Dauphin Street between Conception and Joachim streets in Mobile, Alabama, shows the Crescent Theater, the C. D. Kenny Coffee Compan, and the Empire Theater. Also visible is the sign …Creator:Erik Overbey
