[Detroit Photographic Company, interior, Detroit, Mich.]

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The record gives little beyond its title: an interior view of a Detroit studio or showroom, made by the Detroit Photographic Company between roughly 1905 and 1915, and preserved as an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative. What sets it apart is the subject tag for art reproductions, which suggests the room was used to display or sell photographic prints of paintings and scenes to the public. The Detroit Photographic Company, later known as the Detroit Publishing Company, was a major maker of hand-colored and tinted views of American cities and landscapes in this era, so the interior likely shows the business side of that enterprise. Glass plates like this one were the standard working medium of the period, and they preserve fine detail in the furnishings and display arrangements.

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