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[Monticello from the north, Charlottesville, Virginia] – Vintage Print

[Monticello from the north, Charlottesville, Virginia], [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph
[Monticello from the north, Charlottesville, Virginia], [between 1900 and 1906]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home near Charlottesville, is the subject here, shown from the north side rather than the more familiar southeast view on the nickel. The Detroit Publishing Company made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1906, when the firm was producing large numbers of views for travel books, postcards and railroad promotion. Jefferson designed the house himself and worked on it for decades, so the building was already a national shrine by the time this image was taken. The negative's catalog number and its later gift to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949 show how many of these views passed through collections across the country.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 2647 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033850. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsJefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Homes & haunts. Estates. Dwellings.United States--Virginia--Monticello.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67007

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