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[The Old red mill, Cedar Creek, Natural Bridge, Va.] – Vintage Wall Art

[The Old red mill, Cedar Creek, Natural Bridge, Va.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[The Old red mill, Cedar Creek, Natural Bridge, Va.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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A window into the past: [The Old red mill, Cedar Creek, Natural Bridge, Va.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[The Old red mill, Cedar Creek, Natural Bridge, Va.]

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The Old Red Mill stood on Cedar Creek near Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia, a area that drew visitors to the limestone arch spanning the creek. Mills like this one were common along Virginia's streams, grinding grain for nearby farms and serving as gathering places for local communities. This glass dry plate negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which between about 1900 and 1915 produced many scenic and rural views marketed to travelers as souvenirs. The picture shows how the Virginia countryside was presented to tourists in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 808" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500575. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMills. Rivers.United States--Virginia--Red Mills.United States--Virginia--Cedar Creek.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74900

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