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Douglass Point, Upper Saranac, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Douglass Point, Upper Saranac, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Douglass Point, Upper Saranac, N.Y., [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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Step back in time with Douglass Point, Upper Saranac, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Douglass Point, Upper Saranac, N.Y.

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Douglass Point on Upper Saranac Lake is the setting here, and the negative carries a second title that names it as the R.D. Douglass Camp, a private retreat in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. The Adirondacks drew wealthy families and sportsmen to their lakes from the later 1800s onward, and many of these lakeside camps were built as summer retreats. The notes mention a structure that may be a boathouse, a useful clue to how the shoreline was used. The plate is a large 8 x 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented resorts and scenery across the country around 1900.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesSecond title on negative: R.D. Douglass Camp, Upper Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y. Includes what may be a boathouse. G 5411" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071258. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLakes & ponds.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.United States--New York (State)--Saranac Lakes.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72621

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