Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul – Historic 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.)
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Step back in time with Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul
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Looking down the Mississippi from the bluffs of Indian Mound Park in St. Paul, this view takes in the river's broad curves below the high ground that gave the park its name. The mounds for which it was named were built by earlier Native peoples of the region, and the park's overlook became a popular stop for visitors touring the city. The print is a photochrom, a process developed in Switzerland that Detroit Photographic Co. used to make color views of American landscapes. Its soft, saturated tones were meant to resemble hand-painted scenes, which helped make such prints popular souvenirs around 1900.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53488. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Rivers. Parks.United States--Minnesota--Saint Paul.United States--Mississippi River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,468 × 3,573 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221634 |
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