Hermitage Lake Placid, New York, 1911 – Antique Photo Print
(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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Hermitage Lake Placid, New York, 1911 comes to life in this historic image, 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.
Library of Congress record: The Hermitage
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Hermitage Lake Placid, New York, 1911
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Lake Placid, New York, in 1911 was a small village in the Adirondack Mountains that lived mostly on summer visitors. The Lake Placid Club, founded in 1895 by Melvil Dewey, had turned the lakeshore into a resort for well-to-do guests who came for boating, hiking, and golf. Rail service on the Delaware and Hudson line brought vacationers north from New York City and Albany, and hotels, boarding houses, and guide services depended on their seasonal business. Local people knew the lake as a place of mountain air and quiet water, and winter sports were beginning to draw attention there. The Olympic Winter Games came to Lake Placid only in 1932, but in 1911 the town was already building its name as a retreat for the leisured and the athletic.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beach, h. m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,284 × 867 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Hermitage |
| Reference | NY 1911 Hermitage Lake Placid |
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