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Avenue, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass. – Vintage Wall Art

Avenue, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass., c[between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
Avenue, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass., c[between 1905 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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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A window into the past: Avenue, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Avenue, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass.

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Stage Fort Park occupies a rocky headland on Gloucester Harbor, and this view shows one of its tree-lined avenues, a shaded walk that suggests how the grounds were laid out for leisurely strolling. The park's name recalls the fishing stages and early fortifications associated with the town's harbor. The Detroit Publishing Company made views like this one for commercial sale in the early twentieth century, when the city's working waterfront and its public parks drew visitors and summer residents alike. Its glass-plate negative preserves the period's street and landscape detail.

Created / publishedc[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNo. 48" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072110. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Parks.United States--Massachusetts--Gloucester.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73225

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