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[Royal Poinciana Hotel from wharf, Palm Beach, Fla.] – Antique Print

[Royal Poinciana Hotel from wharf, Palm Beach, Fla.], [1902] — historic photograph
[Royal Poinciana Hotel from wharf, Palm Beach, Fla.], [1902]. 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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The view is across the water to the Royal Poinciana Hotel, photographed from the wharf at Palm Beach, Florida, in 1902. Henry Flagler, the railroad and hotel developer, opened the Royal Poinciana in 1894 as one of the largest wooden hotels in the world, and it drew wealthy winter visitors to the Lake Worth shore. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of American towns, resorts and scenery, made this large glass-plate negative, and its records show how resort towns like Palm Beach were presented to travelers at the time.

Created / published[1902]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. WHJ 87-02" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032735. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsResorts. Hotels. Waterfronts.United States--Florida--Palm Beach.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66205

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