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Lake and club house, Chester Park, Cincinnati, Ohio – Antique Print

Lake and club house, Chester Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, [1906?] — historic photograph
Lake and club house, Chester Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, [1906?]. Historic photograph from the Cincinnati 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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Lake and club house, Chester Park, Cincinnati, Ohio comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Lake and club house, Chester Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Chester Park was a popular amusement park on the northeast side of Cincinnati, and this view centers on the lake and the clubhouse that overlooked it. The park opened in the 1890s as a streetcar destination, drawing families for boating, dancing, and summer concerts in an era when urban residents sought green space and cool breezes close to home. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass-plate negative around 1906, produced thousands of such views of American resorts and cities, often for promotional and tourist sales. The scene offers a useful glimpse of how leisure architecture and waterfront recreation looked at the turn of the twentieth century.

Created / published[1906?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). G 3690" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019595. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLakes & ponds. Clubhouses. Amusement parks. Waterfronts.United States--Ohio--Cincinnati.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 777 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62947

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