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A Charleston gate – Antique Print

A Charleston gate, c1907. — historic photograph
A Charleston gate, c1907.. Historic photograph from the Charleston 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 A Charleston gate, a historic photograph rich in period 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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A Charleston gate

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A single gate is the subject of this view of Charleston, made around 1907 as a glass dry plate negative. The Detroit Publishing Company, based in Detroit, produced large numbers of travel views of American towns and scenic sites for tourists, postcards and publishers, and its Charleston series documented the city's streets, gardens and entrances. Glass negatives like this one were the working originals from which prints were made, so the image preserves both the gate and the commercial photography of the early twentieth century. Charleston was already known to visitors for its older architecture and walled gardens, which made such entrances a popular subject.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. P 102. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsGates.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 652 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77452

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