Mt. Shasta, Cal. – Antique Print
(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 historic photograph of Mt. Shasta, Cal. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mt. Shasta, Cal.
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Mount Shasta rises alone above the northern California landscape, a snow-capped volcano in the Cascade Range that can be seen for many miles across the surrounding plains and forests. This view was made around 1899 by the Detroit Photographic Company, a firm that sold views of scenic and tourist destinations across the American West in the 1890s and early 1900s. The print is a cyanotype, a blue-toned process that was inexpensive and durable, which suited the company's wide circulation of landscape views to travelers and armchair readers. Its mountain subject reflects the period's appetite for images of the rail-accessible West.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print mounted on thin mat : cyanotype ; image 43.2 x 53.7 cm. |
| Notes | Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit |
| Subjects | Mountains.United States--California--Shasta, Mount. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,667 × 3,757 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221777 |
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