The Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Fla. – Historic Print
![The Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Fla., [1887 or 1889] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e0/e09e1c1cad0b-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures The Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Fla. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Fla.
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Built by Henry Flagler as the centerpiece of his growing Florida resort empire, the Ponce de Leon Hotel rose in St. Augustine, the oldest European-founded city in the continental United States, and opened in 1888. Its Spanish Renaissance Revival towers and red-tiled roofs, designed by the New York firm Carrère and Hastings, set a model for resort architecture across the state. This view survives as one section of a multi-plate panorama made on large glass negatives by the W.H. Jackson firm, whose negatives later passed to the Detroit Publishing Company. The record dates the set to either 1887 or 1889, placing it near the hotel's earliest years.
| Created / published | [1887 or 1889] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 3 negatives : glass ; 22 x 18 in. |
| Genre | Mammoth plates.Panoramic photographs.Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives form left and left center sections of a panorama, with variants of left center section (A and B). Vertical format. Left center negative (A) partially masked. W.H. Jackson & Co." and "06043" on left center section (A). Detroit Publishing Co. panorama no. 06043. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Hotels. Resorts.United States--Florida--Saint Augustine. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 810 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-80031 |
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