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[Departing steamer, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George, N.Y.] – Historic Reproduction

[Departing steamer, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1911] — historic photograph
[Departing steamer, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1911]. Historic photograph from the Lake George 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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Here the side-wheel steamer Horicon pulls away from the pier of the Fort William Henry Hotel, a resort on the shore of Lake George in New York. The hotel stood near the site of the 1757 British fort whose siege became central to James Fenimore Cooper's novel *The Last of the Mohicans*. The Detroit Publishing Company made this glass-plate negative between 1905 and 1911, when it sold views of scenic destinations to travelers and promoters. Pictures like this capture the steamboat culture that carried summer guests across the lake before the automobile reshaped resort travel.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1911]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5471" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036879. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHoricon (Side wheeler) Lakes & ponds. Piers & wharves. Resorts. Side wheelers.United States--New York (State)--George, Lake.United States--New York (State)--Lake George.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68210

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