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Sunrise at Hotel Champlain, N.Y. – Vintage Print

Sunrise at Hotel Champlain, N.Y., c1904. — historic photograph
Sunrise at Hotel Champlain, N.Y., c1904.. 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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A window into the past: Sunrise at Hotel Champlain, N.Y., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Sunrise at Hotel Champlain, N.Y.

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The subject here is the sunrise over Lake Champlain as seen from the grounds of the Hotel Champlain on Bluff Point in New York, a resort that drew summer guests to the lake's shore. Around 1904, the Detroit Publishing Company was producing views like this one for travel promotion, and its photographers often framed grand hotels and scenic landscapes to appeal to vacationers who came by rail. The large glass negative, which is 8 by 10 inches, preserves fine tonal detail in the water and sky, showing how early resort photography presented leisure and natural beauty as a single attraction.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes2480" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017816. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsSunrises & sunsets. Lakes & ponds. Resorts.United States--Champlain, Lake.United States--New York (State)--Bluff Point.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61480

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