1 Fulton Chain Lakes, New York, 1911 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 1 Fulton Chain Lakes, New York, 1911, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view from Bald Mountain, Fulton Chain Lakes, N.Y.
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1 Fulton Chain Lakes, New York, 1911
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Fulton Chain, in the Adirondack country of Herkimer County, New York, was a string of connected lakes in 1911 that drew summer visitors from the cities downstate and from Utica and Syracuse. The region's economy still leaned on timber, tanning bark, and the seasonal trade in hotels, boarding houses, and sporting camps, while the nearby Adirondack Railway, which reached Old Forge around 1900, carried guests and freight into the woods. New York had placed Adirondack land under state protection in the 1890s, so the forest that surrounded these lakes was valued as much for recreation and watershed protection as for its wood. Steamboats and guideboats moved people along the chain, and a visitor in 1911 would have known the place as a fishing and hunting retreat where the lakes and the surrounding forest shaped daily life.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beach, h. m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 773 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view from Bald Mountain, Fulton Chain Lakes, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY 1911 1 Fulton Chain Lakes |
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