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[St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.] – Antique Wall Art

[St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Atlantic City 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: [St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.]

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The St. Charles Hotel anchors this view of Atlantic City, the seaside resort that grew rapidly after rail service reached the island in 1854 and the boardwalk opened in 1870. Its large, multistoried facade and the open promenade beside it show how the city built its visitor trade around hotels and the boardwalk. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed resorts and scenic sites across the country in the early 1900s to promote rail travel, made this image as a glass-plate negative. Its survival in the Library of Congress collection is a useful record of how the resort looked in the years before 1915.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5252" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039167. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Boardwalks.United States--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68851

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