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[Surf at Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Me.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Surf at Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Me.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Surf at Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Me.], [between 1895 and 1910]. 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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[Surf at Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Me.]

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Otter Cliffs, a stretch of granite bluffs on the eastern shore of Mount Desert Island, is the subject here, and the photographer caught the surf breaking against its base. By the 1890s the island had become a fashionable summer retreat for wealthy families from Boston and New York, and the rocky coast drew visitors who came to see the sea from the cliff tops. This glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American scenery for travel promotion in the years before 1910. Its prints were widely sold as souvenirs and magazine illustrations, so the picture reflects how Americans of that era wanted to see their coastline.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreWaterscape photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 659" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032617. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOceans. Waterfronts.United States--Maine--Mount Desert Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66156

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