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[Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.] – Historic Print

[Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.], [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Savannah 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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Step back in time with [Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.]

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Tybee Island, a barrier island at the mouth of the Savannah River, is the setting here, and its sandy shore is framed by palmetto plants, a low palm native to the Georgia and Carolina coast. Around 1900, visitors commonly reached Tybee from Savannah as the island developed into a seaside resort. This view survives as an 8 x 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that photographed American towns, landscapes and tourist destinations from the 1890s into the 1920s. Its focus on plants and open sand offers a quieter picture of the Georgia coast than the crowded bathing scenes common in resort views.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. WHJ 158" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32490. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPalms. Beaches.United States--Georgia--Tybee Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66081

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