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Connecticut River below Bellows Falls, Vt. – Vintage Print

Connecticut River below Bellows Falls, Vt., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Connecticut River below Bellows Falls, Vt., [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Connecticut River below Bellows Falls, Vt. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Connecticut River at Bellows Falls, Vermont, is the subject here, and the record notes logs in the water, a detail that points to the valley's timber trade. Bellows Falls was a busy river town in the early 1900s, and the river was a working artery for moving lumber downstream toward mills and markets. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American scenery and towns for travel and commercial sale, and its catalog number 070098 is stamped on the plate. The "Saunderson" marking on the negative hints at the hands that handled it, though the record does not say more about who that was.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Dry plate negatives.
Notes3" and "Saunderson" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070098. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers. Logs.United States--Vermont--Bellows Falls.United States--Connecticut River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71691

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