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Fountain in reservoir, Highland Park, Rochester, N.Y. – Antique Wall Art

Fountain in reservoir, Highland Park, Rochester, N.Y., c1905. — historic photograph
Fountain in reservoir, Highland Park, Rochester, N.Y., c1905.. 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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Fountain in reservoir, Highland Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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Highland Park in Rochester, New York, takes its character partly from the municipal reservoir on its grounds, and this view shows a fountain rising from the water there. The park was laid out in the late 1880s under the direction of the landscape firm associated with Frederick Law Olmsted, and its reservoir was built as part of the city's water system, so the fountain sits where practical engineering and ornamental design meet. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative was made around 1905 by the Detroit Publishing Company, which documented American towns, parks and scenery for sale to a national market in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes2577" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018739. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Fountains. Reservoirs.United States--New York (State)--Rochester.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62236

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