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[Lake George, N.Y., road at Silver Bay] – Historic Reproduction

[Lake George, N.Y., road at Silver Bay], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Lake George, N.Y., road at Silver Bay], [between 1890 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: [Lake George, N.Y., road at Silver Bay], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Silver Bay, on the eastern shore of Lake George in New York's southern Adirondacks, is the setting for this view of a road running along the lake. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely between about 1890 and 1910 recording scenery, towns and resorts for commercial sale. Lake George drew steady numbers of summer visitors during those decades, arriving by steamboat and rail, and roads like this one connected hotels and lakeside properties to the surrounding region. The surviving item is an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative, a format that captured fine detail in the landscape.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 3554" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 34422. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRoads. Resorts. Lakes & ponds.United States--New York (State)--George, Lake.United States--New York (State)--Silver Bay.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67371

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