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[New Profile House, White Mts., N.H.] – Vintage Wall Art

[New Profile House, White Mts., N.H.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[New Profile House, White Mts., N.H.], [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 tennis game on the lawn at left sets this view of the New Profile House apart from the broader hotel scenes in the collection. The hotel stood in Franconia Notch in New Hampshire's White Mountains, near the granite cliff known as the Old Man of the Mountain, and it catered to summer guests who came by rail to escape city heat. Resort hotels like this one were a major draw in the early twentieth century, and the Detroit Publishing Company sold views of such destinations to promote travel. The glass negative records the leisure life of the era, with the sporting activity and grand building showing how these mountain retreats were designed for genteel recreation.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Tennis game at left. G 8620" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500107. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsResorts. Hotels. Mountains.United States--New Hampshire--Franconia Notch.United States--New Hampshire--White Mountains.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74528

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