Lake Placid and Mirror Lake from the Steven's House, Adirondack Mountains – Vintage Wall Art
![Lake Placid and Mirror Lake from the Steven's House, Adirondack Mountains, [c1902] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/33/330da85d6fb4-L.webp)
(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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Lake Placid and Mirror Lake from the Steven's House, Adirondack Mountains comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Lake Placid and Mirror Lake from the Steven's House, Adirondack Mountains
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Four large glass negatives, each 18 by 22 inches, were exposed to form one wide panorama of Lake Placid and Mirror Lake as seen from the Stevens House, a hotel overlooking the water. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many views of American scenery in the early 1900s, made such mammoth plates to capture resort country in its full sweep. Around 1902, Lake Placid was growing into a fashionable summer destination in the Adirondacks, drawing visitors for the lakes, the peaks and the hotel life. The panorama is worth studying for its scale, since it records the lake and surrounding mountains as the village was just beginning to expand.
| Created / published | [c1902] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 4 negatives : glass ; 18 x 22 in. |
| Genre | Mammoth plates.Panoramic photographs.Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives form a four-part panorama. Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co." on left negative. "10255-(4)-L" and "010255" on left negative; "010255-4)-LC" on left center negative; "010255-4-R-C" and "10255-4-R-C" on right center negative. Detroit Publishing Co. panorama no. 010255. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Mountains. Lakes & ponds.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.United States--New York (State)--Lake Placid.United States--New York (State)--Mirror Lake. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-80100 |
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