Florida, sunset on the Ocklawaha [i.e. Oklawaha] – Vintage Wall Art
![Florida, sunset on the Ocklawaha [i.e. Oklawaha], c1899. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/aefdc574150d-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Florida, sunset on the Ocklawaha [i.e. Oklawaha], preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Florida, sunset on the Ocklawaha [i.e. Oklawaha]
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Sunset on the Oklawaha, as the title spells the river's name, shows the water taking on soft bands of color, which is the effect the photochrom process was made to capture. The Oklawaha winds through central Florida toward the St. Johns, a slow, dark-watered stream lined with cypress, and it drew steamboat travelers and winter visitors who were eager for the subtropical scenery the state promoted at the time. Detroit Publishing Company issued this view around 1899 as one of its richly colored travel prints, so it reflects the period's appetite for tourism as much as the landscape itself.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co., no. 50110. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Rivers. Sunrises & sunsets.United States--Florida--Oklawaha River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217138 |
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