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Horseshoe Canon [i.e. Canyon], Ill. – Antique Print

Horseshoe Canon [i.e. Canyon], Ill., [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
Horseshoe Canon [i.e. Canyon], Ill., [between 1890 and 1901]. 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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Horseshoe Canon [i.e. Canyon], Ill. comes to life in this historic photograph, 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.

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Horseshoe Canyon, a deep, curving recess in the sandstone bluffs at Starved Rock along the Illinois River near La Salle, is the subject of this large glass negative. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold scenic views of American towns, parks and natural wonders, dates the plate to the 1890s based on its 1901 catalog. The 14 by 11 inch format gave the company's photographers fine detail in rock walls and foliage. Starved Rock, now an Illinois state park, drew visitors by rail and steamboat, and views like this one helped turn its shaded canyons into a destination.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 14 x 11 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). In Starved Rock, now a state park, near La Salle. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0562. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCanyons.United States--Illinois--Starved Rock.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan779 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77526

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