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[St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me.] – Historic Print

[St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland, Maine, is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, and this negative captures the building as a city landmark in the years just after 1900. The church is a stone example of the Gothic Revival style that spread through American Episcopal parishes in the nineteenth century, with pointed arches and a strong vertical profile. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country from the 1890s into the 1920s, recorded churches, streets, and public buildings like this one for sale to travelers and publishers. The large 8 x 10 inch glass plate gives the stonework and surrounding street a level of detail that smaller formats could not match.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 108" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039316. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCathedrals.United States--Maine--Portland.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68994

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