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Morning concert, the village park [i.e. Congress Spring Park], Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Historic Print

Morning concert, the village park [i.e. Congress Spring Park], Saratoga Springs, N.Y., c[between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
Morning concert, the village park [i.e. Congress Spring Park], Saratoga Springs, N.Y., c[between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Saratoga 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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Step back in time with Morning concert, the village park [i.e. Congress Spring Park], Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 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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Morning concert, the village park [i.e. Congress Spring Park], Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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Congress Spring Park in Saratoga Springs, New York, is the setting here, and the glass-plate negative shows a morning concert gathered around the park's bandstand beside its lake. The park grew up around the mineral springs that drew visitors to Saratoga from the early 1800s, and by the years before 1915 open-air music was a regular part of the resort's leisure life. The image comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled the country documenting scenic places and popular pastimes for postcards and promotional prints. Its wide view of listeners and water captures how a spa town staged its everyday recreation.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 078046. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsConcerts. Bandstands. Lakes & ponds. Parks.United States--New York (State)--Saratoga Springs.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 709 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77004

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