Lookout Mountain – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Lookout Mountain, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Lookout Mountain
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Few mountains in the South carried as much meaning in the 1880s as Lookout Mountain, the ridge rising above Chattanooga along the Tennessee-Georgia line. This color print, issued by the Krebs Litho Co. of Cincinnati and entered for copyright in 1883, belongs to a wave of scenic views that introduced the mountain's cliffs and valleys to a national audience. Its fame rested partly on the Battle of Lookout Mountain in November 1863, fought in clouds and mist that gave the engagement its nickname, "the Battle Above the Clouds." Chromolithographs like this one, built from many stones each inked in a separate color, were prized for making distant places feel near.
| Created / published | c1883 Mar. 9. |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Notes | J5301 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyrighted 1883 by the Krebs Litho Co. Cincinnati." Copyright deposit: No. 5301 J[?]" |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,205 × 3,457 px · prints to 14 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif03353_LookoutMountain |
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