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Interior, El Unico, St. Augustine, Fla. – Vintage Wall Art

Interior, El Unico, St. Augustine, Fla., [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
Interior, El Unico, St. Augustine, Fla., [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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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Interior, El Unico, St. Augustine, Fla.

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Most views in the Detroit Publishing Company's Florida series show streets, churches and hotels, so this interior of El Unico, a St. Augustine gift shop, stands apart. The city, founded by Spanish colonists in 1565, drew growing numbers of winter visitors in the late 1800s after Henry Flagler's railroad and hotels opened the region to travelers. Shops like this one sold souvenirs and curios to those tourists, and the 8 x 10 glass negative records how such stores were arranged for browsing. The Detroit firm made many views like this for sale to visitors and to railroad promoters.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 032121. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsInteriors. Gift shops.United States--Florida--Saint Augustine.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65794

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