Douglas the beach Isle of Man England – Historic Reproduction
![Douglas the beach Isle of Man England, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/01/01826bf9a917-L.webp)
(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.)
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Douglas the beach Isle of Man England comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Douglas the beach Isle of Man England
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Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man, was a popular Victorian seaside resort in the Irish Sea, and this view shows its broad bay and beach. The print is a photochrom, made by a process developed in Switzerland that transferred a photograph onto several stone lithographic plates, each inked with a different color. Detroit Publishing Company sold these views in the United States, and this one appears in its 1905 catalog under England, though the island is a self-governing Crown dependency rather than part of England.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 10200. Views of England |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,722 × 2,748 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 904_Douglas_the_beach_Isle_1890.tif-08665u |
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