Lake Placid, New York, 1912 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Lake Placid, New York, 1912. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: East Mountains, L. Placid, N.Y.
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Lake Placid, New York, 1912
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Lake Placid, New York, in 1912 was a small village in the Adirondack Mountains that had grown up largely around tourism. Its economy rested on the summer and winter visitors who filled its hotels and boarding houses, and the Lake Placid Club, founded in 1895 by librarian Melvil Dewey, gave the village much of its character. The club promoted outdoor recreation in all seasons, so skating, snowshoeing, and skiing were already drawing guests to the frozen lake long before the village became known to the wider world. Rail service through the Delaware and Hudson line connected the village to larger towns and to the cities whose residents came north to escape the heat. The village's population was modest, and most residents would have known Lake Placid as a resort town set among the peaks and lakes of the region.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beach, h. m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,392 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | East Mountains, L. Placid, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY Lake Placid 1 1912 |
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