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Surf at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass. – Vintage Print

Surf at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass., [1905 or 1906] — historic photograph
Surf at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass., [1905 or 1906]. 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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Surf pounding the rocky shore at Bass Rocks, on the Atlantic side of Gloucester, Massachusetts, is the focus of this view of Cape Ann's coast. The glass negative was made around 1905 or 1906 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that photographed scenic places across the country and sold the views to travelers. It was listed in the company's 1906 catalog P and came to the Library of Congress in 1949 as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[1905 or 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesListed in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). 2910" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018881. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOceans. Capes (Coasts)United States--Massachusetts--Gloucester.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62352

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