The Old Bridge, Concord – 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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A window into the past: The Old Bridge, Concord, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Old Bridge, Concord
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Concord's Old Bridge crosses the Concord River, and the crossing is tied to the start of the American Revolution, since the skirmish at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775, was fought here. By around 1900, when this color print was made, the town drew tourists interested in Massachusetts's revolutionary past. The Detroit Publishing Company produced the image as a photochrom, a color process that gave photographs a painted, luminous look that travelers and souvenir buyers prized. The print comes from a catalog album the company kept in its office, so it shows the view as the firm offered it to customers.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53691. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Bridges. Rivers.United States--Massachusetts--Concord.United States--Massachusetts--Concord River. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,442 × 1,156 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218969 |
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