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3 George Slade Photos Framed Triptych White Mountains NH - titles include Dixville Notch, Flume Cascade and Diana's Bath. The original George Slade wood frame measures 9 5/8" x 27 5/8". The visible photos are about 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" each. This is one or two different George Slade triptych framed photo sets I have and these could be the only 2 that still exist. Same era and subject matter as Charles Sawyer, David Davidson and the other famous photographers. Overall fine condition in the genuine original frame. See detailed pics. George F. Slade operated "Slade Art Studio" on Broadway in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in the first half of the 20th century. This work was exhibited at the 1934 Toronto Salon of Photography and the 1935 Annual Photographic Salon in Portland, Maine, among others. George F Slade Jr. - Photographic Artist from Chelsea, Mass. A collection of photos produced from glass negatives masterfully taken a century ago by George F. Slade Jr. - an incredible Chelsea, Massachusetts photographer. His father George Sr. was a pioneer photographer in the earlier days of daguerreotype and wet plate photography. George Jr. operated his photography / "Slade Art Studio" on Broadway in Chelsea, which was later maintained by his son Wesley until the 1960's. In 1908, George Slade's studio was destroyed by the "Great Chelsea Fire" when on Palm Sunday, eighteen miles of streets were burned, thirteen churches, eight schools, the Frost Hospital, library, post office, YMCA, City Hall, four newspapers, and the Board of Health Building were destroyed. In all, 3,000 buildings were destroyed and 18,000 residents were left homeless. Having a young family of 2 children, most residents of the town had little use for a studio photographer. During that time, George traveled the country capturing thousands of landscape images that were commercially produced into 6X8 framed silver gelatin "Art Prints" and picture post cards. He traveled as far as California, preserving distant agriculture, mining towns, and prairie families. George also captured "Photo Stories" of children's play, young lovers - "practicing mild lust", and young men practicing their marriage proposal. George is most famous for his numerous landscapes of Lake Sunapee and the surrounding countryside in New Hampshire. Back home, George photographed the rebuilding of Chelsea as depicted in several photos of the local post office below. Two of his landscapes are maintained by the Library of Congress