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[Sanitarium Park, Alma, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Sanitarium Park, Alma, Mich.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Sanitarium Park, Alma, Mich.], [between 1895 and 1910]. 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 [Sanitarium Park, Alma, Mich.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Sanitarium Park, Alma, Mich.]

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Sanitarium Park in Alma, a city in Gratiot County in central Michigan, takes its name from the health institution that once drew visitors there. Around the turn of the twentieth century, sanitariums like this one offered rest cures, fresh air, bathing and hydrotherapy, and a quiet setting that many Americans of the period believed would restore health. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this large 8 x 10 inch glass negative, sold views of resorts and towns across Michigan and other states, so the picture records how a place of recuperation looked to the travelers and tourists it was meant to attract.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032761. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsSanatoriums. Parks.United States--Michigan--Alma.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66230

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