Dorchester Inn near Charleston, S.C. – Antique Print
![Dorchester Inn near Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d5/d500ad3e8cde-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Dorchester Inn near Charleston, S.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Dorchester Inn near Charleston, S.C.
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Dorchester Inn sat in the Dorchester County countryside near Charleston, and the Library of Congress subject headings place it in Summerville, a pine-shaded town about 20 miles northwest of the city. Summerville grew into a winter and health resort in the late 1800s, drawing visitors from Charleston and beyond who valued its dry, resinous air. The picture is a dry plate glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that between about 1890 and the 1920s produced large numbers of views of American towns, roads, and resorts, often for railroads and travel promotion. Its date, somewhere between 1900 and 1906, rests on the company's own catalog listing from 1906.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1906] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). D-3" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09430. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Taverns (Inns)United States--South Carolina--Summerville. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 725 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-76676 |
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