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Aviary and lake, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Aviary and lake, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph
Aviary and lake, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1906]. 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: Aviary and lake, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Aviary and lake, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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Seneca Park's aviary, set beside a lake, shows a feature that made this Rochester park a destination for weekend visitors around 1900. Municipal parks of that era often combined caged birds, ornamental water and walking paths to offer city residents a quiet escape from crowded streets. The image comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American towns, parks and scenic spots and sold the views as travel souvenirs. Its glass negatives capture how leisure spaces were arranged and used in the years before automobiles changed how people moved through parks.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). 2582" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018740. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Aviaries.United States--New York (State)--Rochester.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62237

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