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Cathedral Place [i.e. Plaza de la Constitucion], St. Augustine, Fla. – Historic Print

Cathedral Place [i.e. Plaza de la Constitucion], St. Augustine, Fla., c1906. — historic photograph
Cathedral Place [i.e. Plaza de la Constitucion], St. Augustine, Fla., c1906.. 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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A window into the past: Cathedral Place [i.e. Plaza de la Constitucion], St. Augustine, Fla., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Cathedral Place [i.e. Plaza de la Constitucion], St. Augustine, Fla.

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Cathedral Place, as this view is titled, is the old Plaza de la Constitución in St. Augustine, Florida, with the cathedral forming one side of the open square. The town was founded by Spanish colonists in 1565, and the plaza has served as a civic and religious center ever since. By about 1906, when this was made, the city was drawing winter tourists from the North, and the Detroit Publishing Company sent photographers to such destinations to sell views to travelers. The two near-identical negatives suggest the photographer made retakes, perhaps to get the light right on the plaza.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. Dup" and "L-3" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09419. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCathedrals. Plazas.United States--Florida--Saint Augustine.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 725 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76664

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