Road to High Rock, Pen Mar Park, Md. – Historic Print
![Road to High Rock, Pen Mar Park, Md., [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/44/440e0ab8f7e8-L.webp)
(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 Road to High Rock, Pen Mar Park, Md. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Road to High Rock, Pen Mar Park, Md.
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A sign reading "Indian Path" marks the way to High Rock in Pen Mar Park, a resort on a ridge straddling the Maryland and Pennsylvania line. In the early 1900s, the park drew summer visitors from Baltimore and Washington by rail, and its walks and lookouts were a popular outing. The Detroit Publishing Company made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative between about 1900 and 1906 and sold views like this to travelers and promoters who wanted to show off American scenery. The sign and the wooded path show how resort guests reached the overlooks on foot.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1906] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Sign on path: Indian Path. G 3368" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019070. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Roads.United States--Maryland--Pen Mar. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 825 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62530 |
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