Bienville Hotel, Mobile, Ala. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Bienville Hotel, Mobile, Ala.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bienville Hotel, Mobile, Ala.
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The Bienville Hotel took its name from Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville, the French colonial officer who founded Mobile in 1702. This c1906 view comes from a glass negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American cities, resorts, and landmarks in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Its large 8 by 10 inch plate gives plenty of detail on the building's facade and street setting. The negative also carries a Detroit Publishing number and handwritten markings, which help trace how the image was catalogued and passed on.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3691" and "71" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019444. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Hotels.United States--Alabama--Mobile. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62846 |
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