Tag: Royal Street
Ask McGehee: What’s the history of the building which houses the Ruby Slipper Cafe?
Tom McGehee explores the history of the Staples-Pake Building on Royal Street in Downtown Mobile.
Ask McGehee: What is the history of Mobile’s Lafayette Hotel?
Explore the rich history of Mobile's Lafayette Hotel, from hosting a Revolutionary War hero to its transformation into a newspaper office and later a popular café before its demise in a 1953 fire.
Ask McGehee: When did Mobile have a red light district?
The rise and fall of Mobile’s red light district from its origins to its 1918 prohibition.
Ask McGehee: What is the history of Hammel’s Department Store?
Every major American city was once defined by its fine department stores. Mobile originally had two: Gayfer’s and Hammel’s.
Mr. Star Class
Part adrenaline-chasing sailor, part ground-breaking float artist, George Criminale Sr. was as Mobile as it gets.
American Laundry Company
Turn back time with this early 1900s photograph of a laundry service that once operated in downtown Mobile.
