Casino park and Newport News Academy, Newport News, Va. – Vintage Print
(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 Casino park and Newport News Academy, Newport News, Va., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Casino park and Newport News Academy, Newport News, Va.
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The park here is most likely Christopher Newport Park, named for the English sea captain who led the expedition that brought settlers to Jamestown in 1607, and the building beside it may be the Hampton Roads Military Academy, as the catalog notes suggest. Newport News grew quickly around 1900 as a shipping and rail terminus on Hampton Roads, and it drew families and schools looking for a healthy waterfront setting. This glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American towns, parks, and institutions for travel promotion in the early 1900s. Its ornate casino and leafy grounds show how civic spaces were designed to impress visitors.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Christopher Newport Park and, possibly, the Hampton Roads Military Academy. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018366. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Schools. Military education. Casinos. Parks.United States--Virginia--Newport News. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-61888 |
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