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Cascades in Forest Park, Springfield, Mass. – Antique Print

Cascades in Forest Park, Springfield, Mass., c1908. — historic photograph
Cascades in Forest Park, Springfield, Mass., c1908.. 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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Cascades in Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts, shows falling water among the wooded grounds of one of the city's best-known public parks. Forest Park was laid out in the 1880s on the edge of Springfield, and by the early 1900s it drew families and day-trippers looking for shade and open air close to town. The Detroit Publishing Company produced views like this for the travel trade, and the fine detail of its 8 by 10 inch glass negative captures the rock and moving water with the clarity that made such scenes popular in print and on postcards.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes4161" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070533. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Waterfalls.United States--Massachusetts--Springfield.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72114

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