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[Chicago Lake] – Historic Reproduction

[Chicago Lake], 1869 — historic photograph
[Chicago Lake], 1869. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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The title "[Chicago Lake]" was supplied by Library staff rather than printed on the card, and the card belongs to a series called *Beauties of the Rocky Mountains*, so the scene is most likely alpine water in the Rockies rather than anything in Chicago. Its subject heading points to dwellings in New Hampshire, a mismatch that the record does not explain. Made in 1869, it is an albumen print mounted on stereo card, a format built for viewing in a stereoscope, which gave Victorian audiences a sense of depth in landscapes they might never see in person. The card came to the Library through the collection of Marian S. Carson.

Created / published1869
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. · Carson Marian S. collector.
SubjectsDwellings--New Hampshire--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan4,906 × 2,823 px · prints to 16 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-STV-268166

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