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[The Glen above the bridge, Natural Bridge, Va.] – Antique Wall Art

[The Glen above the bridge, Natural Bridge, Va.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[The Glen above the bridge, Natural Bridge, Va.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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[The Glen above the bridge, Natural Bridge, Va.]

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Tucked into the gorge above the natural limestone span, this view of the glen shows Cedar Creek cutting through rough rock in the Natural Bridge area of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The arch, roughly 215 feet high, was once owned by Thomas Jefferson, who described it in his *Notes on the State of Virginia*. The Detroit Publishing Company made views like this on large glass negatives to promote travel, so the picture shows how scenic places like this one were marketed to tourists in the years before 1915.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 8975" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500568. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers.United States--Virginia--Natural Bridge (Village)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan795 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74894

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