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Surfside Hotel, Gloucester, Mass. – Antique Wall Art

Surfside Hotel, Gloucester, Mass., c[between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
Surfside Hotel, Gloucester, Mass., c[between 1905 and 1915]. 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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Step back in time with Surfside Hotel, Gloucester, Mass., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Surfside Hotel, Gloucester, Mass.

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The Surfside Hotel stood in Gloucester, the old fishing port on Cape Ann north of Boston, and this view was made as a glass negative about 8 by 10 inches. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced many of these negatives, sold scenic views of resorts and towns to postcard makers and travel publishers, and Gloucester's summer hotels drew city visitors who came by train and steamer. The record dates the negative only to roughly 1905 to 1915, so it likely shows the hotel during the peak years of seaside resort travel in New England. The image is a useful record of how such hotels presented themselves to visitors in that period.

Created / publishedc[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 072101. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsHotels. Resorts.United States--Massachusetts--Gloucester.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73216

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