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[Automobile in front of Old Man of the Mountain, White Mountains, N.H.] – Antique Wall Art

[Automobile in front of Old Man of the Mountain, White Mountains, N.H.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Automobile in front of Old Man of the Mountain, White Mountains, N.H.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the White Mountains 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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Few rock formations in New England were as well known as the Old Man of the Mountain, a granite profile on a cliff of Profile Mountain above Franconia Notch, and this view sets an automobile directly beneath it. The car carries a Bethlehem, New Hampshire, marker, a reminder that the town lay in the White Mountains resort country that drew summer visitors by train and, increasingly, by motor car in the years before 1915. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many thousands of views of American scenery for tourists, made the glass negative during this period. The pairing shows how quickly the automobile became part of the sightseeing routine, and the profile itself collapsed in 2003.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. G 268" on negative. "Bethlehem N.H." on automobile. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031544. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAutomobiles. Mountains. Rock formations.United States--New Hampshire--White Mountains.United States--New Hampshire--Profile Mountain.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan717 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76868

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