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[Va. - Rockbridge Alum Spring - 2 autos on mountain road looking toward entrance] – Antique Wall Art

[Va. - Rockbridge Alum Spring - 2 autos on mountain road looking toward entrance] — historic photograph
[Va. - Rockbridge Alum Spring - 2 autos on mountain road looking toward entrance]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles 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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Two early automobiles climb a mountain road toward the entrance to Rockbridge Alum Springs, a resort in Rockbridge County, Virginia, that drew visitors for its mineral waters well before the car arrived. The alum springs had been a fashionable retreat since the early 1800s, when guests came to take the waters and stay in its hotel and cottages. By the early 1930s, when this view was likely made, the automobile had begun to replace the horse and carriage as the way families reached such destinations, and the cars here show how the approach to the resort had changed. The photograph is worth a closer look for the road itself and the vehicles' open bodies.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1931?
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,113 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124268

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