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[University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Mich.] – Vintage Wall Art

[University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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 [University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Mich.] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Mich.]

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Three glass negatives record a wide sweep of the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, with a street running past the grounds. The views date from roughly 1900 to 1910, when the university was expanding beyond the modest buildings it had occupied since moving to Ann Arbor in 1837. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its town and travel views, made the set, which was later given to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949. Numbers etched on each plate show the intended left-to-right order, which matters because the digital copies were filed out of sequence.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium3 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePanoramic photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-18956, 18955, 18954. 557" on left negative; "558" on center negative; "559" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 037015. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Streets.United States--Michigan--Ann Arbor.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68333

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