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Chamounix Lake, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. – Antique Wall Art

Chamounix Lake, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Chamounix Lake, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., c[between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia 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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This historic photograph of Chamounix Lake, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Chamounix Lake, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Chamounix Lake sits within Fairmount Park, the large municipal park system that Philadelphia began assembling in 1867 along the Schuylkill River. The name recalls the Chamonix valley in the French Alps, a nod that fits the romantic landscaping popular with 19th-century estate owners and park designers. This view is a glass dry plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, which between about 1900 and 1910 produced many scenic views of American cities, parks, and tourist sites. Its survival as a large 8 by 10 inch negative reflects the era's preference for detailed, high-quality images of public landscapes.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 071397. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsParks. Lakes & ponds.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72747

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