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Sunset, Como Lake [i.e. Lake Como], St. Paul, Minn. – Antique Print

Sunset, Como Lake [i.e. Lake Como], St. Paul, Minn., c1908. — historic photograph
Sunset, Como Lake [i.e. Lake Como], St. Paul, Minn., c1908.. 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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Step back in time with Sunset, Como Lake [i.e. Lake Como], St. Paul, Minn., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Sunset, Como Lake [i.e. Lake Como], St. Paul, Minn.

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Few views in the Detroit Publishing Company collection capture a lake at dusk quite like this one, a glass-plate negative of Lake Como in St. Paul, Minnesota, taken around 1908. The park's lake, set among the city's west-side parkland, was a popular spot for Saint Paul residents to stroll and relax in the early twentieth century. The Detroit Publishing Company, which operated from the 1890s into the 1920s, produced large numbers of scenic views like this one for sale as postcards and souvenir prints. Its photographers often sought out calm water and soft evening light, which is why this sunset scene reflects the company's wider interest in showing America's landscapes and public places at their most inviting.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 4797" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070618. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Lakes & ponds. Sunrises & sunsets.United States--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan802 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72196

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