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Outlook at Rogers Rock, Lake George, N.Y. – Historic Print

Outlook at Rogers Rock, Lake George, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Outlook at Rogers Rock, Lake George, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1905]. Historic photograph from the Lake George 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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This historic photograph of Outlook at Rogers Rock, Lake George, N.Y. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Outlook at Rogers Rock, Lake George, N.Y.

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Rogers Rock, on the western shore of Lake George in New York, gives this view its setting, and the rocking chairs and terrace suggest a guest's-eye look at the water from the grounds of a resort hotel. The rock takes its name from Major Robert Rogers, whose colonial rangers traveled this lake during the French and Indian War in the 1750s. By the early 1900s, Lake George had become a popular summer destination for well-to-do travelers, and hotels like this one offered porches and lawns where visitors could sit and enjoy the scenery. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, produced many such views to promote American travel destinations.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes2435" on negative. Probably from grounds of Rogers Rock Hotel. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062089. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLakes & ponds. Terraces. Rocking chairs. Resorts.United States--New York (State)--Lake George.United States--New York (State)--George, Lake.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70835

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