| Summary: | Color print view of the Bienville Cross located in Bienville Square in Mobile, AL. Bienville Square is a historic, public park located in the business section. This granite cross stands in the park surrounded by beautiful mature trees and flowers. The cross contains the following inscription: "To Jean Baptiste La money, Sieur de Bienville" the founder of Mobile. This park occupies an entire city block of downtown Mobile.Printed on front: 'The Bienville Cross, Bienville Square, Mobile, Ala., 4A-H1123' Printed on back: 'The Granite Cross erected by the Colonial Dames of Alabama, 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, 1711." Carter's News Agency, Mobile, Ala., Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C. T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)'
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