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[Lake Placid, Wilmington High Falls, the flume, Adirondacks, N.Y.] – Antique Print

[Lake Placid, Wilmington High Falls, the flume, Adirondacks, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Lake Placid, Wilmington High Falls, the flume, 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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[Lake Placid, Wilmington High Falls, the flume, Adirondacks, N.Y.]

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A wooden footbridge spanning the gorge above the High Falls near Wilmington, New York, sets this view apart from the many waterfall scenes in the Adirondacks, and the title's reference to Lake Placid points to the resort region that drew visitors there. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative sometime between 1905 and 1920, produced views like this to promote travel and tourism across the country. Its photographers often included walkways, bridges, and paths so viewers could see how visitors reached and experienced a site. The picture offers a record of how people once came to admire the rugged scenery of the Adirondack Mountains.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5417" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036930. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsWaterfalls. Pedestrian bridges.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan791 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68234

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