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[Oswego County] Court House, [Oswego, N.Y.; exterior view] – Vintage Wall Art

[Oswego County] Court House, [Oswego, N.Y.; exterior view], c1886. — historic photograph
[Oswego County] Court House, [Oswego, N.Y.; exterior view], c1886.. Historic photograph from the Courthouses 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 [Oswego County] Court House, [Oswego, N.Y.; exterior view] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Oswego County] Court House, [Oswego, N.Y.; exterior view]

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Oswego sits on the Oswego River where it meets Lake Ontario, and it serves as the seat of Oswego County, so this c1886 exterior view captures the courthouse that housed the county's government in the later nineteenth century. The photograph is credited to W.R. Nesbitt, whose copyright is noted on the caption card, though the record itself flags its date and details as unverified. Courthouses of this period were the center of county business, holding courtrooms, official records and offices, so views like this one document both civic architecture and the town around it.

Created / publishedc1886.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by W.R. Nesbitt. Reference copy may be in County Court Houses of the United States microfiche 113 (D3). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146500

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