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[Rondout Valley from Sky Top, Mohonk Lake, N.Y.] – Vintage Print

[Rondout Valley from Sky Top, Mohonk Lake, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Rondout Valley from Sky Top, Mohonk Lake, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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[Rondout Valley from Sky Top, Mohonk Lake, N.Y.]

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Two glass negatives joined into one wide view show the Rondout Valley from Sky Top, high above Lake Mohonk in New York's Shawangunk Mountains, with the Mohonk Mountain House sitting on the lakeshore below. The Smiley family, Quakers, founded the resort in 1869 as a retreat for walking, scenery, and an alcohol-free way of life. The Detroit Publishing Company issued many views like this one in the early 1900s, aimed at travelers and the growing tourist trade. The panoramic format shows how carefully such resort views were composed to pair the hotel grounds with the broad natural setting around them.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium2 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-19032, 19031. Mohonk Mountain House by lake. G 1369" on left negative; "G 1370" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 037056. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Lakes & ponds. Valleys.United States--New York (State)--Mohonk, Lake.United States--New York (State)--Mohonk Lake.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68410

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