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Stairway, main corridor, Majestic B. [Building], Detroit, Mich. – Vintage Wall Art

Stairway, main corridor, Majestic B. [Building], Detroit, Mich., [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
Stairway, main corridor, Majestic B. [Building], Detroit, Mich., [between 1905 and 1915]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Stairway, main corridor, Majestic B. [Building], Detroit, Mich.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Stairway, main corridor, Majestic B. [Building], Detroit, Mich.

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Few interior views from this era capture an office building's working core as plainly as this one: the main corridor and stairway of the Majestic Building in Detroit, recorded on an 8 by 10 inch glass negative between about 1905 and 1915. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the view, sold photographs of American cities to tourists and general readers, and its views of commercial interiors are much rarer than its street scenes. The negative has suffered damage, with its upper right corner shattered and cracks running downward, a reminder of how fragile large glass plates could be. Together, the image and its condition show how an early twentieth-century office block moved people between its floors.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegative shattered upper right and cracked downwards. Tripp 2" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043551. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOffice buildings. Stairways. Passageways.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan812 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70401

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