Atlantic City from Airship, New Jersey, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Atlantic City from Airship, New Jersey, 1909, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Atlantic City, N.J. from Lawrence Captive Airship, 800 feet above boardwalk, 1909
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Atlantic City from Airship, New Jersey, 1909
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Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1909 was one of the most visited seaside resorts on the East Coast, a place where summer crowds arrived by rail and filled the boardwalk, hotels, and amusement piers. The city had grown up around tourism after the Camden and Atlantic Railroad brought visitors from Philadelphia in the 1850s, and by the early 1900s its economy rested almost entirely on hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, and entertainment. The boardwalk, which dated to 1870, ran for miles along the beach, and large hotels and piers stood along its length. Residents knew the town for its seasonal rush and its wide, flat shoreline, and they were already sensing that the newer technologies of flight and photography would become part of the resort's attractions.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New Jersey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,108 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Atlantic City, N.J. from Lawrence Captive Airship, 800 feet above boardwalk, 1909 |
| Reference | NJ Atlantic City from Airship 1 1909 |
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