Hotel Hillman, Birmingham, Ala. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Hotel Hillman, Birmingham, Ala. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hotel Hillman, Birmingham, Ala.
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Hotel Hillman stood in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that grew quickly after its founding in 1871 as a center of iron and steel production, earning it the nickname "Magic City." This c1906 view was made on an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative by the Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country to record towns, railways and commercial buildings for sale as picture postcards and prints. The negative was later given to the Library of Congress by the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949. Hotels like this one were central to a growing city's business travelers and visitors, so the picture also shows how urban commerce looked in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3619" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019417. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Hotel Hillman (Birmingham, Ala.) Hotels.United States--Alabama--Birmingham. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62820 |
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