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A shady nook on the Potomac – Historic Reproduction

A shady nook on the Potomac, [between 1898 and 1914] — historic photograph
A shady nook on the Potomac, [between 1898 and 1914]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: A shady nook on the Potomac, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A shady nook on the Potomac

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Here a quiet spot on the Potomac River, which forms much of the border between Maryland and Virginia before reaching Washington, appears in a view the caption card tags as fishing country. The Detroit Publishing Company produced many scenic views like this in the years before the First World War, sold as travel souvenirs and in albums that let armchair tourists see distant landscapes. The catalog record's details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified, so the exact location and date are best treated as approximate.

Created / published[between 1898 and 1914]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 014119. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Fishing.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,004 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106807

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