1 Fulton Chain of Lakes, New York, 1911 – Antique Photo 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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1 Fulton Chain of Lakes, New York, 1911 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: B.I.V. from Black Bear Mountain, F. Chain, N.Y.
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1 Fulton Chain of Lakes, New York, 1911
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Photographed in 1911, the Fulton Chain of Lakes sat in the southern Adirondacks of New York, a string of connected waters that drew summer visitors from the cities downstate and from Utica and Albany. By then the region's old timber and hemlock bark economy was fading as the cut-over forests thinned out, and resort life, sporting camps, and boarding houses were taking its place. The Adirondack Park had been created in 1892 to protect the upland forests, so the lakes were increasingly valued for scenery and recreation rather than for logging drives and tanneries. Lake steamers, rowboats, and the cottages along the shore shaped daily life during the season, while the year-round residents depended on guiding, caretaking, and seasonal service work. The view of open water and wooded shoreline would have been familiar to anyone who spent a July on these lakes.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beach, h. m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,331 × 724 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | B.I.V. from Black Bear Mountain, F. Chain, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY 1911 1 Fulton Chain of Lakes |
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