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[Neck surf near the Churn, Marblehead, Mass.] – Antique Wall Art

[Neck surf near the Churn, Marblehead, Mass.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Neck surf near the Churn, Marblehead, Mass.], [between 1895 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: [Neck surf near the Churn, Marblehead, Mass.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Neck surf near the Churn, Marblehead, Mass.]

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Surf breaks over the rocks near the Churn, a spot on Marblehead Neck, the rocky peninsula on Massachusetts's North Shore that juts into Massachusetts Bay. The glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, which made large numbers of views of American towns, coasts, and resorts for travel promotion around the turn of the twentieth century. Because the company's plates were often sold as souvenir prints, this scene of open water striking the shoreline reflects the appeal of seaside places to visitors from inland cities. The plate itself is an 8 by 10 inch dry plate negative, a format commonly used for detailed landscape work of that era.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 731" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032685. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOceans. Capes (Coasts)United States--Massachusetts--Marblehead Neck.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66179

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