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[Atlantic Avenue West, Atlantic City, N.J.] – Historic Print

[Atlantic Avenue West, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Atlantic Avenue West, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Atlantic City 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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[Atlantic Avenue West, Atlantic City, N.J.]

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Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City was the town's principal commercial thoroughfare, running parallel to the Boardwalk and lined with shops, hotels and businesses that served the resort's steady stream of visitors. This view, made on an 8 x 10 inch glass negative between roughly 1900 and 1910, belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely to document American towns and scenery for sale as postcards and prints. Atlantic City was then at the height of its rise as a seaside destination reached by rail from Philadelphia and New York, and street scenes like this one capture the busy, crowded character of its commercial district during that boom.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 401" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034780. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities.United States--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67590

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