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[Bathing hour, Lake Elizabeth, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Bathing hour, Lake Elizabeth, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Bathing hour, Lake Elizabeth, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Pittsburgh 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 historic photograph of [Bathing hour, Lake Elizabeth, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.] brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Bathing hour, Lake Elizabeth, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.]

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Lake Elizabeth in West Park offers a clear view of how Pittsburghers spent their summer afternoons, as the title "Bathing hour" suggests. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that sold views of cities, resorts and scenery to a public eager to see American places. Dated between 1900 and 1915, it captures recreation in a city park during the years before cars became common, which makes it useful for anyone studying how urban residents used their green spaces.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6057" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsSwimming. Lakes & ponds. Parks.United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68808

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