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Down the Genesee, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y. – Historic Print

Down the Genesee, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y., c1904. — historic photograph
Down the Genesee, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y., c1904.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Down the Genesee, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Down the Genesee, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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Seneca Park sits on the high banks of the Genesee River gorge in Rochester, New York, and this view looks down the winding river from above the park's edge. Around 1904, the Detroit Publishing Company was building a large catalog of American scenery, much of it marketed to tourists and sold as souvenirs and postcards-style views. The 8 x 10 inch glass negative records the river's course through the city's wooded parkland, a setting that Rochester had begun to promote as a place for recreation. The negative later reached the State Historical Society of Colorado and was given to the Library of Congress in 1949.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 2368" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017939. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers. Parks.United States--New York (State)--Rochester.United States--New York (State)--Genesee River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61560

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