Natchez on the Mississippi – Vintage Print
![Natchez on the Mississippi, [1890 October] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/934e532a6b7d-L.webp)
(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
A window into the past: Natchez on the Mississippi, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Natchez on the Mississippi
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Two large glass negatives, each about 18 by 22 inches, were exposed in October 1890 to form a single wide view of Natchez on the Mississippi. Natchez sits on high bluffs above the river, which gave the photographer a long sweep of the waterfront, the roads, and the landing below. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views of American towns and landscapes, catalogued the pair as one panorama, and the left negative carries painted retouching. Mammoth-plate views like this one record a river town at a time when river traffic was still central to its commerce.
| Created / published | [1890 October] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives : glass ; 18 x 22 in. |
| Genre | Mammoth plates.Panoramic photographs.Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives form two-part panorama. Left negative listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. L-6078. Glass painted on left negative. 06078-2-L" on left negative; "06078-2-R" and "1564 B" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01564. Detroit Publishing Co. panorama no. 06078. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Rivers. Roads. Waterfronts.United States--Mississippi--Natchez.United States--Mississippi River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-79788 |
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