Summary: | Color print of the mezzanine in the Battle House Hotel in Mobile, AL. The first Battle House burnt in 1905. This one was reopened for business in 1908. Lobby area shows two levels. Columns along lower wall. Chairs and benches placed around for sitting. Palms scattered around both levels. Decorative designs on ceiling and walls. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Mezzanine, Battle House, Mobile'. Printed on back: 'The New Battle House, "Alabama's Meeting Place." The finest and most up-to-date hotel structure in the south. Catering to tourists and commercial trade. Beautiful, sanitary coffee room just installed which finds a warm spot in the heart of the commercial tourist. 300 rooms -- 200 with baths. The most thoroughly fire-proof structure of any hotel in the south. S.H. Peck Hotel Company, Proprietors. Published by Sutter-Van Horn Co., LTD., New Orleans, LA. Made in U. S. A., C. T. American Art, C T Co. Chicago.'
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