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[Atlantic City, N.J., roller chairs on the boardwalk] – Historic Reproduction

[Atlantic City, N.J., roller chairs on the boardwalk], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Atlantic City, N.J., roller chairs on the boardwalk], [between 1890 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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Roller chairs, the hooded wicker seats pushed along the planks by attendants, were one of the signature sights of the Atlantic City boardwalk, and this glass negative captures them in the years when the resort was booming as a seaside destination. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made many such views of American towns and resorts around 1890 to 1910, produced it as part of a commercial catalog meant for postcards and lantern slides. Taken in the era before the automobile became common, the picture shows how visitors of the period moved along the promenade and how the boardwalk served as a public stage for leisure.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 397" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034775. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBoardwalks. Wheeled chairs.United States--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67585

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