Anniversary of the Founding of Mobile, Alabama

Anniversary of the Founding of Mobile, Alabama

This image, taken at Ladd Stadium, shows one event in Mobile's celebration of its removal from Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff to its present location in 1711. The mayor that year, Joseph Langan, had decreed that all Mobile men grow beards and mustaches so that they would look like the men who had foun...

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Main Author: William Lavendar
Format: Electronic
Published: University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
Subjects:
Mobile
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/176
format Electronic
collection Eric Overbey Collection
building University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
publisher University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
topic Mobile
spellingShingle Mobile
Anniversary of the Founding of Mobile, Alabama
William Lavendar
fulltopic Mobile
Sports and Recreation; History;
Mobile; Ladd Stadium; anniversaries; celebrations
Alabama; Mobile
Mobile (Ala.) -- History
description This image, taken at Ladd Stadium, shows one event in Mobile's celebration of its removal from Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff to its present location in 1711. The mayor that year, Joseph Langan, had decreed that all Mobile men grow beards and mustaches so that they would look like the men who had founded the city in 1702.
spelling Anniversary of the Founding of Mobile, AlabamaSports and Recreation; History;Mobile; Ladd Stadium; anniversaries; celebrationsThis image, taken at Ladd Stadium, shows one event in Mobile's celebration of its removal from Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff to its present location in 1711. The mayor that year, Joseph Langan, had decreed that all Mobile men grow beards and mustaches so that they would look like the men who had founded the city in 1702.William LavendarThe Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama1961ImagejpegC4153William Lavendar Collectioneng.Mobile, AlabamaU.S. and international copyright laws may apply to this digital image. Use of this image without the prior permission of The McCall Library is prohibited. Please contact The McCall Library for permission to use this image.Alabama; MobileMobile (Ala.) -- Historyhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/176
title Anniversary of the Founding of Mobile, Alabama
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author William Lavendar
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