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Thoreau's Cove, Concord, Mass. – Antique Wall Art

Thoreau's Cove, Concord, Mass., c1908. — historic photograph
Thoreau's Cove, Concord, Mass., c1908.. Historic photograph from the Boston 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 Thoreau's Cove, Concord, Mass. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Thoreau's Cove, Concord, Mass.

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Walden Pond, the glacier-carved kettle lake outside Concord, Massachusetts, is the setting here, and the cove pictured is the one associated with Henry David Thoreau, who lived in a cabin on the shore from 1845 to 1847 and wrote about the experience in Walden (1854). This c1908 glass-plate negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American scenery and landmarks for sale as views and postcards in the decades around 1900. By then the pond had become a pilgrimage site for readers of Thoreau, and the photograph captures a landscape that drew visitors as much for its literary associations as for its quiet water and pine-lined shore.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes40[...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070455. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsThoreau, Henry David,--1817-1862--Homes & haunts. Lakes & ponds.United States--Massachusetts--Walden Pond.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan5,081 × 4,040 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72041

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