[Aerial view of Luray, Virginia] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Aerial view of Luray, Virginia], c1906. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/0939077a59e8-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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This rare historic photograph captures [Aerial view of Luray, Virginia] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Aerial view of Luray, Virginia]
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Aerial photographs of small Virginia towns from around 1906 are uncommon, and this view of Luray, the seat of Page County in the Shenandoah Valley, records its streets and buildings from an elevated position. Photographers of the period usually relied on hills, tall structures, balloons, or kites to get such overhead views, so the picture is a useful record of how a rural county seat was laid out in the early twentieth century. Luray was also known for the Luray Caverns, discovered in 1878, which were already drawing visitors and helped put the town on the map. The print was submitted for U.S. copyright registration, which is how such images were often preserved.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Cityscape photographs 1900-1910.Aerial views 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H78518 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff. |
| Subjects | Cities & towns--Virginia--1900-1910. Luray (Va.)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,353 × 5,110 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-212464 |
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