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[Sunrise or moonlight on the Halifax, Ormond, Fla.] – Vintage Print

[Sunrise or moonlight on the Halifax, Ormond, Fla.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Sunrise or moonlight on the Halifax, Ormond, Fla.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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[Sunrise or moonlight on the Halifax, Ormond, Fla.]

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The Halifax River at Ormond, Florida, is the subject here, and the title hedges between sunrise and moonlight, a reminder of how hard it can be to read the hour from a glass negative. The river is a broad tidal lagoon that separates the mainland from the barrier beach, and by the 1900s Ormond had become a winter resort, reached by Henry Flagler's railway down the east coast. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass plate, sold views of such places to travelers and promoters, so the picture was likely meant to show off the calm water and the appeal of the Florida coast.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7734" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500126. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsWaterfronts. Sunrises & sunsets.United States--Florida--Ormond Beach.United States--Florida--Halifax River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74542

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