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Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, N.J. – Historic Print

Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, N.J., c1905. — historic photograph
Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, N.J., c1905.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, N.J. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.

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Steeplechase Pier stood out on Atlantic City's boardwalk as one of the resort's best-known amusement piers, and this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, dated about 1905, records it during the years when the seaside resort was growing into a national destination for day-trippers and vacationers. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made many views of American resorts, scenic sites and cities for sale as souvenirs, produced the image. Its large glass plate captures fine detail in the pier's structures and crowds, and the negative now serves as a record of how Atlantic City's shoreline looked in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 2095" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018550. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBeaches. Boardwalks. Amusement piers.United States--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62060

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