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[Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn.] – Antique Print

[Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn.], [between 1900 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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A window into the past: [Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn.]

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Few structures at Fort Snelling have stood as long as this old block house, which dates to the fort's early years on the bluff where the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers meet. The army began building the fort in the 1820s, and blockhouses like this one were meant to guard the walls and the approaches from the river. The Detroit Publishing Company sent photographers across the country around 1900 to record American landmarks for postcards and travel publications. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative holds fine detail in the building's walls and surroundings.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. WHJ-1204" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032906. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBlockhouses.United States--Minnesota--Fort Snelling.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66317

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