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[Alberta, Banff Springs Hotel & Bow River, Canadian National Park, Canada] – Vintage Print

[Alberta, Banff Springs Hotel & Bow River, Canadian National Park, Canada], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Alberta, Banff Springs Hotel & Bow River, Canadian National Park, Canada], [between 1900 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Alberta, Banff Springs Hotel & Bow River, Canadian National Park, Canada]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Alberta, Banff Springs Hotel & Bow River, Canadian National Park, Canada]

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Few hotels in the Canadian Rockies are as recognizable as the Banff Springs Hotel, shown here beside the Bow River in the years before 1910. The Canadian Pacific Railway built the hotel in the late 1880s to draw travelers into the mountains, and its steep roofs and turrets give it the look of a Scottish castle set against pine-covered slopes. The surrounding park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park, was among the first national parks in Canada and helped make the area a destination for rail tourists. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative came from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented scenic places for travel promotion.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 929 B" and "dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032848. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Rivers. National parks & reserves.Canada--Alberta--Bow River.Canada--Alberta--Banff National Park.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66272

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