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[Needle's Eye, Gibraltar Island, Put-In-Bay, Ohio] – Antique Wall Art

[Needle's Eye, Gibraltar Island, Put-In-Bay, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Needle's Eye, Gibraltar Island, Put-In-Bay, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: [Needle's Eye, Gibraltar Island, Put-In-Bay, Ohio], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Needle's Eye, Gibraltar Island, Put-In-Bay, Ohio]

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Needle's Eye, a weathered limestone formation on Gibraltar Island, sits in the western basin of Lake Erie near the resort village of Put-in-Bay. Around 1900 to 1910, the island and its shoreline drew summer steamer excursions and vacationers, and photographers working for the Detroit Publishing Company often sought out such scenic spots for views sold as postcards and souvenir albums. The glass negative preserves the sharp, shadowed outline that waves and weather had carved into the stone. Its sharp detail offers a useful record of how the lakeshore looked before later decades changed the area.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. C 458" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034438. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRock formations. Lakes & ponds.United States--Ohio--Put-In-Bay.United States--Erie, Lake.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan808 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67384

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