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[Campus Martius and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Print

[Campus Martius and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Campus Martius and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Campus Martius and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich.] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Campus Martius and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich.]

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Campus Martius, the open square at the heart of downtown Detroit, is the focus of this view, with the Detroit Opera House standing among the commercial buildings that lined it. The glass negative measures 8 by 10 inches, and its catalog notes suggest it is the left portion of a wider panorama, with the right section recorded separately. The Detroit Publishing Company made sweeping views like this in the early 1900s to document city streets and squares during a period of rapid urban growth. The plate reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Panoramic photographs.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Probably left part of a panorama; cf. negative D411-140 for right section. B 141" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPlazas. Opera houses. Commercial facilities.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75235

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