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Yaddo, home of Spencer Trask, the lily pond, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Yaddo, home of Spencer Trask, the lily pond, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Yaddo, home of Spencer Trask, the lily pond, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., c[between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Saratoga 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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Yaddo, home of Spencer Trask, the lily pond, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Yaddo, home of Spencer Trask, the lily pond, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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A formal lily pond on the grounds of Yaddo, the Saratoga Springs estate of financier Spencer Trask, is the focus of this view. Trask, who died in 1909, and his wife Katrina developed the property with landscaped gardens and sculpture, in keeping with the style of wealthy country estates of the period. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its views of American resorts and scenic places around 1900, made the glass-plate negative between 1900 and 1910. After Katrina Trask's death, her will turned Yaddo into an artists' colony, a use that continues today.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 6397" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071558. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsTrask, Spencer,--1844-1909--Homes & haunts. Lily ponds. Estates. Sculpture.United States--New York (State)--Saratoga Springs.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72892

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