[Miller Hotel, Brownsville, Texas]
Rating
Title
[Miller Hotel , Brownsville , Texas]
Creator
de Planque , Louis , 1842-1898
Date
ca. 1865-1866
Date (EDTF)
1865~/1866~
Decade
1860-1869
Part Of
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection
Series
Series 2: Cartes de Visite
Place
Brownsville , Cameron County , Texas
Description
'Henry Miller , a German immigrant , constructed the Miller Hotel in 1848 . It stood at the corner of Elizabeth and Thirteenth streets , just a block from the Matamoros ferry . With wide verandas , the two-story frame building contained a restaurant , barroom , and lodging for men only . The hotel served as a terminus for several stagecoach lines , and a small sign reading 'Stage Office for Brazos ' hangs from the end of the bottom veranda . To the right of the sign , a small group of unidentified men stare directly at the photographer and his camera . Carte de visite attributed to Louis de Planque , ca. 1865-1866. ' [Jerry Thompson and Lawrence T . Jones III , Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande Frontier : A Narrative and Photographic History (Austin : Texas State Historical Association , 2004) , 27.]
Notes
Verso : [written] Miller Hotel , Brownsville , Texas ca. 1865-66 - LTJ Attributed : de Planque , Louis , 1842-1898
Related Resources
MARC record : http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2777978 Finding aid : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00085/smu-00085.html
Authorized Subject Terms
North America--Mexican-American Border Region
Keywords
outdoors ; buildings ; offices ; hotels ; Stage Office for Brazos ; men ; U.S . West ; Southwest ; U.S . Mexico border
Physical Description
1 photographic print on carte de visite mount ; 6 x 10 cm
Form/Genre
Cartes de visite Card photographs Portrait photographs
Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2008
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan : Recto : 600 ppi ; Verso : 300 ppi
Digitization Process
Digitization process: archival files scanned at 600 ppi or 300 ppi; derivative cropped, contrast levels and/or color balance optimized, and resized at 300 ppi in Photoshop; derivatives from both sides merged into single file
Physical Location
Series 2 ; Box 3
Call Number
Ag2008.0005
Upload File Name
ag2008_0005_2_3_06_c_hotel_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag2008_0005_2_3_06_r_hotel.tif ; ag2008_0005_2_3_06_v_hotel.tif
Digital Collection
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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