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[Spruce cottage, the Antlers, Raquette Lake, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y.] – Historic Print

[Spruce cottage, the Antlers, Raquette Lake, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Spruce cottage, the Antlers, Raquette Lake, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Adirondacks 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 rare historic photograph captures [Spruce cottage, the Antlers, Raquette Lake, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Spruce cottage, the Antlers, Raquette Lake, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y.]

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Few views in the Adirondacks are as specific as this one: a spruce cottage at the Antlers on Raquette Lake, a resort community in the New York mountains. Its rustic log-and-bark style reflected the region's fashion for woodsy retreats, where wealthy visitors came by steamboat to fish, boat, and escape the summer heat of the cities. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold travel views of American scenery in the early 1900s, made pictures like this one to promote such destinations. The 8 by 10 inch glass negative shows the level of detail the company's large-format work could capture.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5549" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039390. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsResorts. Cabins.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.United States--New York (State)--Raquette Lake.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69059

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