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[Glacier House, Selkirk Mtns., Canada] – Vintage Wall Art

[Glacier House, Selkirk Mtns., Canada], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Glacier House, Selkirk Mtns., Canada], [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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This rare historic photograph captures [Glacier House, Selkirk Mtns., Canada] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Three glass negatives stitched together make this a wide view of Glacier House, the Canadian Pacific Railway's mountain hotel in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. The railway opened the hotel in 1886 to serve travelers crossing Rogers Pass, and its location near the Illecillewaet Glacier made it a base for early mountain tourism and climbing. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of American and Canadian scenery to tourists, produced the panorama in the years before 1915. Its wide format shows how the hotel sat within the steep peaks and forests of the range.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium3 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePanoramic photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-21284, 21283, 21282. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 047028. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsHotels. Resorts. National parks & reserves.Canada--British Columbia--Glacier National Park.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70660

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