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Lake Vista, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Ct. – Antique Wall Art

Lake Vista, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Ct., c1905. — historic photograph
Lake Vista, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Ct., c1905.. Historic photograph from the Hartford 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 Vista, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Ct. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Lake Vista, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Ct.

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Lake Vista is one of the quieter water views in Elizabeth Park, the public garden on the west side of Hartford, Connecticut, which was developed in the 1890s as a place for plants and leisure. This glass plate negative from about 1905 was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed towns and landscapes across the United States and sold the views to travelers, publishers and businesses. Its surviving plate records the park at the start of the twentieth century, when it was still growing into the rose gardens and planted grounds it is known for today. The "2170 B" marking on the negative is a reminder of how these views were cataloged in large commercial files.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes2170 B" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018044. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLakes & ponds. Parks.United States--Connecticut--Hartford.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61654

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