Lakeville Long Lake, Ohio, 1907 – Antique Photo 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 image of Lakeville Long Lake, Ohio, 1907 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: [Long Lake]
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Lakeville Long Lake, Ohio, 1907
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Lakeville, on the shore of Long Lake in northeastern Ohio, was a small rural village in 1907, shaped by farming and the summer trade that lake resorts drew from nearby cities. Farm families sold dairy, produce, and fruit to local markets, while the region's electric interurban lines and steam railroads carried city visitors out for weekends and vacations. Many residents would have known the lake first as a source of ice in winter, cut in blocks and stored for the warm months, and later as a place for boating, bathing, and cottages. Village life centered on churches, schools, and the general store, and its social calendar followed the seasons of planting and harvest. Little of the village's day-to-day record survives in detail, so the wider story of the Western Reserve country around it is the surest guide to what it was like then.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | peck, h. f. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,012 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Long Lake] |
| Reference | OH 1907 Lakeville Long Lake |
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