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[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Print

[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor, 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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[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor, Detroit, Mich.]

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Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden was a Detroit dry goods firm, and this view looks across the first-floor sales floor of its store, where fabrics, notions and other merchandise were sold across counters. The image is an 8 by 10 inch glass negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which documented the city and much of the country in the years around 1905 to 1915. Interiors like this one show how large mercantile houses were arranged before modern retail displays, with long aisles, heavy fixtures and staff working behind the counters.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043673. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDry goods stores. Interiors.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70448

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