[Town Building and opera house, Littleton, N.H.] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Town Building and opera house, Littleton, N.H.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/5966377d61fd-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Town Building and opera house, Littleton, N.H.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Town Building and opera house, Littleton, N.H.]
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Painted signage reading "Fire station" marks this Littleton, New Hampshire, building as a combined town hall and fire house, with an opera hall under the same roof, and horse-drawn carts and wagons stand in the street. The Detroit Publishing Company made the 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative sometime between 1900 and 1910, when the firm was documenting towns and scenery across the country for sale as views. Such civic buildings often held meetings, performances and fire equipment together, so the picture offers a useful look at small-town life before motor vehicles became common.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. Fire station" on building. "4328" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034984. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Fire stations. Opera houses. Carts & wagons.United States--New Hampshire--Littleton. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-67752 |
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