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[Rustic bridge in Lester Park, Duluth, Minn.] – Antique Print

[Rustic bridge in Lester Park, Duluth, Minn.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Rustic bridge in Lester Park, Duluth, 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Rustic bridge in Lester Park, Duluth, Minn.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Rustic bridge in Lester Park, Duluth, Minn.]

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Lester Park's rustic bridge crosses the Lester River, a short stream that runs down to Lake Superior on Duluth's northeast side. Its log-and-branch construction reflects the rustic style that many American park designers favored around the turn of the twentieth century, when natural-looking wooden structures were meant to blend into the woods. The image comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that produced large numbers of views of towns, parks and scenic spots across the country in those years. Made on an 8 x 10 inch glass plate, the negative preserves fine detail in the wood and the surrounding foliage.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 2182" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033674. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLandscape pavilions. Parks. Rivers.United States--Minnesota--Duluth.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66886

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