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Fray Marcus Hotel, Williams, Arizona – Vintage Wall Art

Fray Marcus Hotel, Williams, Arizona, c1908. — historic photograph
Fray Marcus Hotel, Williams, Arizona, c1908.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Fray Marcus Hotel, Williams, Arizona. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Fray Marcus Hotel, Williams, Arizona

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Few stops on the Santa Fe line drew more travelers than Williams, the town that served as the rail gateway to the Grand Canyon, and the Fray Marcus Hotel was one of its landmarks. The name appears to honor Fray Marcos de Niza, the Franciscan friar who traveled north in 1539 in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. William Henry Jackson, best known for his western survey photographs, made the view, and the Detroit Publishing Company, which copyrighted and sold such scenes, issued it. The date of about 1908 comes from an unverified caption card, so treat it as provisional.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotograph by William Henry Jackson. Copyrighted by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 071041. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160648

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