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Ethelwynn – Vintage Wall Art

Ethelwynn, [1895] Sept. 28; c1895. — historic photograph
Ethelwynn, [1895] Sept. 28; c1895.. 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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Step back in time with Ethelwynn, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The record gives only the name "Ethelwynn" and no place, so this negative's subject is known only by its title. Made around 1895 on an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate, it is one of the large-format negatives that photographers of the period used for sharp, detailed work. The Detroit Publishing Company, founded in the 1890s and later known for its photochrom color prints of scenic and travel views, held the plate, and the Colorado State Historical Society gave it to the Library of Congress in 1949. Its survival in that collection makes it a useful record of how the company's photographers worked in the decade before the firm grew famous.

Created / published[1895] Sept. 28; c1895.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes318" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71040

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