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The Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va. – Vintage Wall Art

The Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va., c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
The Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va., c[between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va.

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A sea wall runs along the water at Old Point Comfort in this view, with the Hotel Chamberlin standing at the right edge of the frame. Old Point Comfort, at the tip of the Virginia peninsula, drew resort visitors who arrived by steamer and rail, and the nearby Fort Monroe, a coastal army post, anchored the point. The Detroit Publishing Company produced many views like this for travel promotion in the early twentieth century, and this 8 by 10 inch glass negative records the waterfront as it looked to visitors around 1910 to 1920.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesHotel Chamberlin at right. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072239. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsWaterfronts. Sea walls.United States--Virginia--Fort Monroe.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73330

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