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[Saranac Lake, central station, Adirondacks, N.Y.] – Historic Print

[Saranac Lake, central station, Adirondacks, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Saranac Lake, central station, Adirondacks, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Adirondacks 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Saranac Lake, central station, Adirondacks, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Saranac Lake, central station, Adirondacks, N.Y.]

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Saranac Lake's central station was the gateway for many visitors to the Adirondack village in the early 1900s, when the town was known as a center for tuberculosis treatment. Edward Livingston Trudeau's sanatorium work from the 1880s drew patients who arrived by train, so the depot was a busy point of arrival for people seeking the mountain air. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that documented American towns, railways and scenic places for sale to travelers and publishers. The view offers a record of how the railroad shaped life in a resort town of that era.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5384" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036952. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad stations.United States--New York (State)--Saranac Lake.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68257

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