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[Northwestern High School, plaque in entrance, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Northwestern High School, plaque in entrance, Detroit, Mich.], [ca. 1911] — historic photograph
[Northwestern High School, plaque in entrance, Detroit, Mich.], [ca. 1911]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Northwestern High School, plaque in entrance, Detroit, Mich.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Northwestern High School, plaque in entrance, Detroit, Mich.]

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The entrance plaque at Northwestern High School in Detroit is the focus of this view, and its inscription, which the record gives as "AD 1911," helps date the photograph. Detroit's public schools expanded quickly in the early twentieth century as the city grew rapidly, and the firm Malcomson & Higginbotham, named in the record, was among the architects designing school buildings there in that period. The Detroit Publishing Company made this glass negative as part of its broad effort to document American cities and landmarks, so the picture also shows how a public school presented itself to students and visitors more than a century ago.

Created / published[ca. 1911]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
NotesTitle from jacket. [...] AD 1911 [...] Malcomson & Higginbotham
SubjectsEducational facilities. Schools. Plaques.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70554

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