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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(L-R)&nbsp;<b>Auguste F. Bellande (1876-1953, Peter Bellande (1871-1933), ?, Joseph Bellande (1868-1961)</b>(behind bar),&nbsp;<b>?, Antoine Bellande Jr. (1869-1924)</b>(behind bar)<b>, ?, ?, ?</b></span></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Marie Bellande seems to have been a woman of commerce.&nbsp; In 1889, she leased the Reynoir Street corner to Joseph Charles DeLamare (1856-1931) for one year and $300.&nbsp; On January 9, 1892,&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Herald&nbsp;</em>announced that&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;the old Bellande Building near the depot has been torn down and the foundation is being laid for a two-story edifice&rdquo;.</strong></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">By mid-February 1892, the local journal related that Captain Bellande&rsquo;s new building will improve the appearance of Biloxi.(<em>The Biloxi Herald, February 13, 1892, p. 4)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">In early April 1892, Joseph Bellande, their eldest son, opened a beer saloon in the new building.&nbsp; On opening day, April 6<sup>th</sup>, he served an elegant cold lunch and free cold beer to the public.(<em>The Biloxi Herald, April 9, 1892, p. 4)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">From the plats on pages&nbsp;&nbsp; ? and&nbsp; ? which were traced from insurance maps prepared by the Sanborn-Perris Map Company of New York, you can determine how the physical configuration of the Bellande tract changed during the period 1893-1904.</span></span></p>
