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Waiters and guests inside the dining room at Prospect House in Blue Mountain Lake

Waiters and guests inside the dining room at Prospect house in Blue Mountain Lake

The dining room of Prospect House with tables in rows with white table cloths.  People are sitting at the various tables, servers are standing between them. Note that waiters are African-American. Photograph by Edward Bierstadt. Circa 1885. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

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