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Geo[rge] Finnigan, Maplewood Lodge, Smithville Flats, N.Y. – Historic Print

Geo[rge] Finnigan, Maplewood Lodge, Smithville Flats, N.Y., [1902] — historic photograph
Geo[rge] Finnigan, Maplewood Lodge, Smithville Flats, N.Y., [1902]. 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 Geo[rge] Finnigan, Maplewood Lodge, Smithville Flats, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Geo[rge] Finnigan, Maplewood Lodge, Smithville Flats, N.Y.

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Smithville Flats, a small resort area in the hills of Chenango County, New York, is the setting, and the picture centers on Maplewood Lodge, where a man identified as George Finnigan stands with hunting dogs on the porch. Around 1902 the Detroit Publishing Company was building a large body of photographs of American towns, hotels, and rural places, many of which were sold as views to travelers and promoters. Scenes like this one record the sporting life that drew visitors to the region's lodges and hunting camps. The glass negative is broken, so the surviving image is incomplete, but the porch and dogs still show how a country hotel presented itself to its guests.

Created / published[1902]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate from jacket. Negative broken. 42" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042277. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPorches. Hotels. Hunting dogs.United States--New York (State)--Smithville Flats.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69570

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