“Children swinging on pier rope at beach,” between 1900 and 1920, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Vintage landscape: streetside allée
“Gratiot Avenue and Church Street, Mount Clemens, Michigan,” between 1880 and 1899, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
From the 1870s until World War II, Mount Clemens attracted film stars and the wealthy to its mineral baths.
The view of this intersection today is here.
The winter garden: cacti in Pittsburgh
“Cacti, Phipps (Schenley Park) Conservatory, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.,” ca 1900-1910, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The Cacti House was added to the Phipps Conservatory in 1902. (The conservatory had been founded in 1893.)
Today the space is called the Desert Room.
There are two more winter gardens here and here.
Thousands of these gray-green
cacti cross the valley:
nature repeating itself. . .— Brenda Hillman, from “Saguaro“
Vintage landscape: The Kittatinny
“In the grounds of The Kittatinny, Delaware Water Gap, Pa.,” c. 1905, by Detroit Publishing Co. via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
What a pleasant spot. What do you think they’re talking about?
The Kittatinny was the first of the resort hotels at Delaware Water Gap in the Poconos Mountains — opening in 1832. In its heyday in the early 20th century, it could accommodate hundreds of guests.
The hotel burned down in 1931. Some of the foundation is still visible, as well as a stream that used to run through the basement kitchen, according to a National Park Service newsletter.
Vintage landscape: canal towpath
Towpath along the C & O Canal near Washington, D.C., about 1900. The canal was still in operation at this time, principally transporting coal.
Photo by Detroit Publishing Co. via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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