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Terminal, Union Station, Mobile, Ala. – Antique Print

Terminal, Union Station, Mobile, Ala., c1909. — historic photograph
Terminal, Union Station, Mobile, Ala., c1909.. Historic photograph from the Mobile 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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A window into the past: Terminal, Union Station, Mobile, Ala., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Terminal, Union Station, Mobile, Ala.

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The terminal at Union Station in Mobile, Alabama, was built to serve several railroad lines from one building, a common arrangement in the early 1900s, when rail travel shaped how Southern port cities connected to the rest of the country. This view was taken around 1909 on an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate by the Detroit Publishing Company, which sent crews across the United States to document towns, depots, and streets for promotion and sale. Large glass negatives like this one recorded fine detail in architecture, signage, and the crowds and carriages that gathered at the station.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes2" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071276. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad stations.United States--Alabama--Mobile.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72634

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