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On the road to Franconia, White Mountains – Antique Wall Art

On the road to Franconia, White Mountains, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
On the road to Franconia, White Mountains, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the White Mountains 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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This rare historic photograph captures On the road to Franconia, White Mountains in remarkable 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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On the road to Franconia, White Mountains

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Winding toward Franconia, a town in New Hampshire's White Mountains, this road shows how the region's appeal in the late 1800s depended on drawing visitors out of the grand hotels and into the countryside. The Detroit Publishing Company made large glass-plate negatives like this one for its travel catalogues and colorful photochrom prints, recording resorts and scenic routes across the country. Carriages and early tourists would have traveled routes like this between mountain inns and the notches that drew people north. The picture is dated only by estimate, to between 1890 and 1901.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29482. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 359" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012795. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRoads.United States--New Hampshire--White Mountains.United States--New Hampshire--Franconia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-57750

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