Upper Saranac Lake - Bartlett's Landing Moonlight, from the series "Gems of the Adirondacks"
Late 19th century
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 10.5 × 7.2 cm (4 3/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Card: 11 × 17.6 cm (4 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
197702
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene moonlight of the Adirondacks with *Upper Saranac Lake Bartlett's Landing Moonlight a captivating stereo albumen print from Baldwin Photo's series "Gems of the Adirondacks." Created in the late 19th century, small yet immersive image (each 10.5 × 7.2 cm) captures the waters and shadowed shores of Upper Saranac Lake at Bartlett's, evoking the wild beauty that drew tourists to New York's Adirondack wilderness during the Gilded Age. Stereoscopic photography, like this albumen print mounted on a 11 × 17.6 cm card, was a Victorian sensation, offering viewers a three-dimensional...