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Smith & Yendall Store [Detroit, Mich.] – Historic Print

Smith & Yendall Store [Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Smith & Yendall Store [Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1905]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Smith & Yendall Store [Detroit, Mich.]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Smith & Yendall Store [Detroit, Mich.]

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Smith & Yendall's Detroit business is catalogued under two trades, butcher shops and general stores, a mix that was common in American towns around 1900. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass negative marked by the Detroit Photographic Company, whose views were later issued under the Detroit Publishing Company name. Dated between 1900 and 1905, it reflects a period when commercial storefronts were often photographed for publication and record. The plate reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesPart of title from jacket. 17" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042549. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsSmith & Yendall. Butcher shops. General stores.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69703

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