Salem Fire, Massachusetts, 1914 – 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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This historic image of Salem Fire, Massachusetts, 1914 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Salem after the fire, 1914
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Salem Fire, Massachusetts, 1914
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Salem, Massachusetts, in 1914 was still a city of wharves, mills, and factory yards, with the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company's textile works and the leather and shoe shops employing much of its working population. Electric streetcars carried residents from outlying neighborhoods into the center and out to Salem Willows, the shoreline picnic grounds where families spent summer afternoons. The city's older identity as a port of East India trade still shaped local pride, and the Essex Institute displayed seafaring relics and merchant family possessions. Set against these routines of work and leisure, the photograph's view of the burned district records how suddenly a single disaster could interrupt daily life.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | phinney, c. h. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,050 × 941 px · prints to 14 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Salem after the fire, 1914 |
| Reference | MA Salem Fire 1914 |
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