Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin – Vintage 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin
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Lake Mendota, one of the four lakes that ring the city of Madison, is the subject here, shown as a broad expanse of open water under a wide sky. The photograph was made around 1898 by the Detroit Photographic Company, a firm known for its hand-colored and tinted views of American scenery that it sold widely in the late 1890s. Madison's position between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona made it a favorite destination for summer resort visitors and, by then, a growing university town, and views like this one helped stir interest in the region's lakes. The print is a useful record of how the shoreline looked before much of it was built up.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Lakes & ponds--Wisconsin--Madison--1890-1900. Mendota, Lake (Wis.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161520 |
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