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[Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.] – Antique Wall Art

[Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Atlantic City 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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A window into the past: [Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.]

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Young's Million Dollar Pier, built over the water off the Atlantic City boardwalk, is preserved here as a pair of 8 by 10 inch glass negatives meant to be read side by side as one panorama. The pier opened in 1906 as a sprawling entertainment complex of rides, theaters, and restaurants, and it became one of the most talked-about attractions on the Jersey Shore. The Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely to document resorts and cities across the country around 1900 to 1910, made views like this one for sale to a national market. Worth noticing is how the pier's long frontage stretches out over the ocean, showing how much of the resort's appeal depended on the boardwalk and the sea.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePanoramic photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-19138, 19137. H 142 A" on left negative; "H 142 B" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 037130. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAmusement piers. Boardwalks.United States--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68516

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