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Tourist guide
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8.5 x 11, 36 pp + cover
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Title
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Summer in New York State
Description
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Published a year after the conclusion of World War II, the tone of this 36-page travel guide to New York is on of making up for lost time. "With motor travel again unlimited," we are told, "New York's 59,000 miles of improved highways beckon the autoist to enjoy the State's attractions from the vantage-point of his own conveyance." Clearly, the automotive age has begun in earnest.
The state is divided into fifteen regional "Vacationlands," including the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes. There are thematic sections highlighting activities for seemingly any taste: Fishing, Swimming, Hiking, Camping, Motoring, Historic Shrines... even Flowers and Geology make an appearance. It's an intriguing glimpse into the early trajectory of postwar tourism, which still is relatively outdoors-centered in its emphasis.
Creator
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Writer, Herbert
Publisher
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Bureau of Information, Division of State Publicity, New York State Department of Commerce
Date
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1946-05
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Cooper, Ken
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
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jpeg, 1.6 MB
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Automobiles
Department of Commerce
New York State
Recreation
Tourism
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Charlotte on Lake Ontario, the Coney Island of Central New York
Description
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Postcard from a birds-eye view shows the lakeside amusement park near the height of its popularity. The green-roofed building near center likely is the Hotel Ontario, a connection between the area's past as a resort during the 1870s-80s, and its increasing emphasis upon larger crowds of day visitors by the 1890s. (The railroad at left was an important factor.)
The amusement park featured a midway, roller coasters, a slide that went into Lake Ontario, a sandy beach, and not least other people to watch. In 1916 the City of Rochester annexed Charlotte and purchased the amusement park two years later. After a fire in 1919 it was torn down, and it's possible the conflagration at upper right references this event, in which case the postcard's original artwork was modified. All that's left of the amusement park is its Dentzel carousel, which remains in operation a century later.
Publisher
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Rochester News Company
Date
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1907-1915
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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Further reading: Kyle Somervile, "'This is Where I Like to Go': The (Re)creation of Place at Ontario Beach Park," <a href="http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v75_2013/v75i1.pdf"><em>Rochester History</em> 75.1</a> (2013): 1-36.
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Postcard
Amusement Park
Charlotte, NY
Lake Ontario
Post Card
Recreation