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View from hotel Grange-over-Sands England – Historic Reproduction

View from hotel Grange-over-Sands England, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print
View from hotel Grange-over-Sands England, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].. Historic print from the Taverns & Saloons 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: View from hotel Grange-over-Sands England, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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View from hotel Grange-over-Sands England

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The view from this hotel at Grange-over-Sands looks across the tidal sands of Morecambe Bay in northwest England, a prospect that sets it apart from the town's streets and gardens. Grange grew into a genteel resort after the railway reached it in 1857, drawing visitors who came for sea air and the mild climate Victorians valued for their health. The print is a photochrom, a color process from Switzerland that the Detroit Publishing Company used for its Views of England catalog, issued in 1905.

Created / published[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom color.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 10737. Views of England
SourceLibrary of Congress, Photochrom Prints
Original scan3,690 × 2,738 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Reference4633_View_from_hotel_Grangeo_1890.tif-08414u

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