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Doorway of the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Ill. – Antique Print

Doorway of the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Ill., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Doorway of the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Ill., [between 1900 and 1905]. 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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A window into the past: Doorway of the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Ill., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Doorway of the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Ill.

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The doorway belongs to a building in Dwight, Illinois, marked with the lettering "Leslie E. Keeley Co. offices," which ties it to the Keeley Institute. Dr. Leslie E. Keeley founded the institute in Dwight in 1879 to treat alcoholism and drug addiction with a proprietary injection regimen, and the company's treatment centers spread to many cities over the following decades. This glass-plate negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company between about 1900 and 1905, when the firm was documenting towns and businesses across the country for commercial sale.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes89" on negative. "Leslie E. Keeley Co. offices" on building. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042370. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHealth care facilities. Doors & doorways.United States--Illinois--Dwight.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69607

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