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[Stockton Hotel, Cape May, N.J.] – Antique Wall Art

[Stockton Hotel, Cape May, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Stockton Hotel, Cape May, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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 [Stockton Hotel, Cape May, N.J.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Stockton Hotel, Cape May, N.J.]

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The Stockton Hotel stood in Cape May, New Jersey, one of the oldest seaside resorts in the country, where summer visitors came for the sea air and the grand hotels along the shore. Resort hotels of this kind, with long porches and broad frontage, were the social centers of these towns in the years before 1915, when railroad travel brought more families to the coast. The picture is an 8 x 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American towns, landmarks and resorts and sold the views to travelers and publishers. Its survival as a negative preserves the fine detail the photographer recorded at the site.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 36" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels.United States--New Jersey--Cape May.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68872

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