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Chattanooga : the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain – Antique Print

Chattanooga : the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain, c1902. — historic photograph
Chattanooga : the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain, c1902.. 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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Chattanooga : the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Chattanooga : the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain

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From the summit of Lookout Mountain, the Tennessee River bends in a wide loop called Moccasin Bend, and this panorama joins three 8 by 10 inch glass negatives to capture the whole curve. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced scenic views for tourists and railroad promotion in the early 1900s, made the set around 1902. The area had been a battleground during the Chattanooga campaign of 1863, when Union and Confederate forces fought on and around Lookout Mountain, and by the turn of the century the mountain was drawing visitors who came to see the valley and river below.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium3 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Panoramic photographs.
NotesVideodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-18974, 18973, 18972. Second number on center negative: 015155. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 037026, 015155. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsRivers. Valleys.United States--Tennessee River.United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga.United States--Tennessee--Moccasin Bend.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68350

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