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[Midwinter carnival, storming the fortress, Upper Saranac Lake, N.Y.] – Historic Reproduction

[Midwinter carnival, storming the fortress, Upper Saranac Lake, N.Y.], [1909] — historic photograph
[Midwinter carnival, storming the fortress, Upper Saranac Lake, N.Y.], [1909]. Historic photograph from the Circus & Carnival 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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Fireworks light up the night sky above a mock assault on an ice fortress in this 1909 view of a midwinter carnival on Upper Saranac Lake in New York's Adirondacks. Winter carnivals were a popular attraction in the Saranac Lake area, where resort visitors gathered on the frozen lake for sports, parades and spectacles built from ice. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that produced travel and scenic views for promotion and sale, made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, which captures the scale and drama of the event after dark.

Created / published[1909]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle and date from jacket. G 5711" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036978. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsIce sculpture. Fireworks. Festivals. Night.United States--New York (State)--Saranac Lakes.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68283

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