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[Avenue to grotto, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama] – Antique Wall Art

[Avenue to grotto, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Avenue to grotto, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Avenue to grotto, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Avenue to grotto, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama]

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A tree-lined avenue leads toward a grotto on the grounds of Spring Hill College, the Jesuit school on the western edge of Mobile, Alabama. Founded in 1830, the college is among the oldest Catholic institutions of higher learning in the South, and its wooded campus was known for landscaped paths and shrines. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which recorded American towns, scenery and landmarks in the years before 1915. The view shows how a college campus was arranged and presented to visitors in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7052" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039538. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets.United States--Alabama--Mobile.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69195

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