Bienville Cross, Bienville Square

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Stock #:

165752

Type:

Postcard

Era:

Linen

City:

Mobile

State:

Alabama (AL)

County:

Mobile

Publisher:

Carter News Agency

Postmark:

1954 May-04

Postmark City:

Mobile

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Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Recipient Address:

Mr. Don. Louttit
Times Sq Hotel
43 st. West of Bway
New York, NY

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This public park in the center of the business section was set aside for park purposes when the city of Mobile was chartered by the first Alabama State Legislature more than a hundred years ago. A granite cross erected by the Colonial Dames of Alabama near Dauphin Street bears the inscription: "To Jean Baptiste La money, Sieur de Bienville. Native of Montreal, Canada. Naval Office of France, Governor of Louisiana and founder of its first capital, Mobile, 1711.

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22942 POSTAut BIENVILLE CROSS. This public park in the cen. ter of the business section was set aside for park pur- poses when the city of Mobile was chartered by the first Alabama State Legislature more than a hundred years ago. A granite cross erected by the Colonial Dames of Alabama near Dauphin Street bears the inscription: "To Jean Baptiste La Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. Native of Montreal, Canada, Naval Officer of France, Governor of Louisiana and founder of its first capital, Mobile, 17118 Hirmail JLAN SAMS 1797-15 JONN ADAMS 1792-180 MOBI NAY CENTS 2 CENTS 2 1954 tabi ymrin Boleshon hief and then hon feet som bryr om 2porn -Published by Carter News Agency, Mobile, Ala. Gran dan Ileana to zriad Tanner Matti Bu New York better y. کر to We

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