Lake Tahoe, California, 1908 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 image captures Lake Tahoe, California, 1908 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Lake Tahoe, Cal., showing hotels and broad walk
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Lake Tahoe, California, 1908
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Lake Tahoe, straddling the California-Nevada line in 1908, was becoming a summer destination for city families from Sacramento and San Francisco, who reached the mountains by rail through Truckee and then took steamers and stagecoaches to the lakeshore resorts. The lumber mills and logging camps that had cut the surrounding forests in earlier decades were giving way to a economy built on tourism, cottages, and hotels. Visitors came for the cold, deep, clear water and the views of the Sierra Nevada, and many of them spoke of the lake as a retreat from the heat and dust of the valleys. The scene pictured here reflects that shift from working timberland to a place people traveled to see.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--California |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,343 × 1,754 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Lake Tahoe, Cal., showing hotels and broad walk |
| Reference | CA Lake Tahoe 1908 |
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