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[Upper Saranac Lake, the Wawbeek Inn from the lake, Adirondacks, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Upper Saranac Lake, the Wawbeek Inn from the lake, Adirondacks, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Upper Saranac Lake, the Wawbeek Inn from the lake, Adirondacks, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Adirondacks collection.

(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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[Upper Saranac Lake, the Wawbeek Inn from the lake, Adirondacks, N.Y.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Upper Saranac Lake, the Wawbeek Inn from the lake, Adirondacks, N.Y.]

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From the water, the Wawbeek Inn stands on the shore of Upper Saranac Lake, one of the chain of lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. The hotel was a summer resort that drew visitors who arrived by rail at Saranac Lake and continued by boat, and this view shows the lake as guests would have first seen it. The Detroit Publishing Company made the image as part of its large body of travel views, which were sold to promote resorts and scenic destinations across the country in the early twentieth century. Its 8 by 10 inch glass negative records the fine detail of the building and shoreline that smaller prints could not capture.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5485" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036959. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Lakes & ponds. Resorts.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.United States--New York (State)--Saranac Lakes.United States--New York (State)--Wawbeek.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68264

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