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The lake from Hotel Champlain, Valcour Island, [Adirondack Mts., N.Y.] – Antique Print

The lake from Hotel Champlain, Valcour Island, [Adirondack Mts., N.Y.], c1890. — historic photograph
The lake from Hotel Champlain, Valcour Island, [Adirondack Mts., N.Y.], c1890.. 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 historic photograph of The lake from Hotel Champlain, Valcour Island, [Adirondack Mts., N.Y.] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The lake from Hotel Champlain, Valcour Island, [Adirondack Mts., N.Y.]

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Valcour Island, a wooded island in Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh, New York, is the setting here, and the hotel that once stood there gives the picture its name. The island is better known as the site of the Battle of Valcour Island in October 1776, when a small American fleet under Benedict Arnold fought a British squadron. By the 1880s the lake's scenery drew summer visitors, and photographers like Seneca Ray Stoddard, a prolific chronicler of Adirondack and Champlain resorts, sold views like this one to travelers and guidebook readers. The record's details are unverified, so the exact date and the photograph's original use are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1890.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Seneca Ray Stoddard. No. 582. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Resorts; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,187 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141925

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