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[The Swimming dock at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania] – Antique Wall Art

[The Swimming dock at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania], [between 1920 and 1950] — historic photograph
[The Swimming dock at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania], [between 1920 and 1950]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [The Swimming dock at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[The Swimming dock at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania]

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Few things say summer resort like a wooden swimming dock stretching out over the water, and this print shows one at Eagles Mere, a small borough in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Eagles Mere grew into a popular retreat for vacationers in the early 1900s, drawn by its clear natural lake and its hotels and cottages. Docks like this one gave bathers and boaters a place to launch from and to rest between swims. The print is undated beyond the 1920 to 1950 range, but it captures the leisure culture of that era, when lakeside recreation was a central part of American summers.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1950.
NotesWittemann Collection.
SubjectsSwimming--Pennsylvania--Eagles Mere--1920-1950. Piers & wharves--Pennsylvania--Eagles Mere--1920-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,167 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-170702

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