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Bathers, Lake Michigan, Chicago – Antique Wall Art

Bathers, Lake Michigan, Chicago, c1908 Feb. 18. — historic photograph
Bathers, Lake Michigan, Chicago, c1908 Feb. 18.. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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Bathers, Lake Michigan, Chicago comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Bathers crowd the shore of Lake Michigan in this stereograph, a double-image card meant to be viewed through a hand-held stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The card was copyrighted by the Stereo-Travel Co. around 1908, when Chicago's lakefront beaches were a popular summer destination for city residents seeking relief from heat and crowding. Stereo cards like this one were widely sold as travel souvenirs, so they offer a snapshot of how urban leisure and public bathing were presented to viewers of the period.

Created / publishedc1908 Feb. 18.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsH106421 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Stereo-Travel Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Bathing beaches; Ill.--C-; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,329 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136777

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