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Broadway, Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y. – Antique Wall Art

Broadway, Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y., c1909. — historic photograph
Broadway, Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y., c1909.. Historic photograph from the Adirondacks 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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This rare historic photograph captures Broadway, Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Broadway, Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y.

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Saranac Lake's Broadway, pictured here around 1909, was the commercial spine of a village that had grown up as a health resort, where tuberculosis patients came for the clear mountain air. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, sold views like this one to travelers and postcard buyers, so the street appears busy and orderly, lined with storefronts and the signs of a town that catered to visitors. Look closely at the buildings and the street itself for the modest, working character of an early twentieth-century Adirondack village.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 5387" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071260. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCommercial streets.United States--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.United States--New York (State)--Saranac Lake.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72623

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