This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from a 1930s advertising brochure for Chamber's Lodge, located on Lake Tahoe.
 
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
 
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
 
The 13"x19" format is an excellent image size that looks great as a stand-alone piece of art, or as a grouped visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
 
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
 
HISTORY OF CHAMBERS LANDING
 
The present-day Chambers Landing was originally founded in 1863, as the Hunters Retreat by John Washington McKinney. Known as a genuine mountain man, McKinney claimed that his retreat was the finest hunting and fishing camp in the Sierra Nevada.
 
By 1869, McKinney had developed his retreat into a resort with 20 cabins and a number of tents. The present Chambers Bar was built in 1875, and was the first boathouse on Lake Tahoe. From the beginning, the boathouse doubled as a bar and clubhouse.
 
John Muir, the famous naturalist and outdoorsman, was among the many notable early Californians who were regular guests at McKinney's. Muir once described the sugar pines surrounding the resort as "priests of the forest extending their arms in benediction over the congregation."
 
McKinney was a good host, but a poor businessperson. He lost the retreat in 1892 over a $600 whisky debt. William Westhoff, a "spirits drummer" from Sacramento, took over the property. In 1920, David Henry Chambers purchased McKinney's resort from the Westhoffs and renamed it Chambers Lodge.
 
Ernest Kettenhoffen purchased the property in 1956 with partners that he quickly bought out. Ernest's brother, Ray, who ran the resort, had the white sand for the beach trucked in from Carmel.
In 1969, Kettenhoffen sold Chambers Lodge to the Pirini Corporation.