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[University of Michigan, Chemistry Building, south side, Ann Arbor, Mich.] – Antique Photo Print

[University of Michigan, Chemistry Building, south side, Ann Arbor, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[University of Michigan, Chemistry Building, south side, Ann Arbor, Mich.], [between 1905 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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Step back in time with [University of Michigan, Chemistry Building, south side, Ann Arbor, Mich.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[University of Michigan, Chemistry Building, south side, Ann Arbor, Mich.]

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The south face of the University of Michigan's Chemistry Building in Ann Arbor is the subject here, captured on an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative made sometime between 1905 and 1915. The Detroit Publishing Company, which operated as a commercial photographer and publisher of views across the United States in that period, produced the image as part of its large catalog of landscapes, campus scenes and town streets. Such views were often sold as postcards and stereo-style prints, so the sharp, evenly lit exposure reflects the care the company gave to architectural subjects. The plate's survival and its 1949 donation to the State Historical Society of Colorado are a reminder of how many of these negatives passed through collectors before reaching the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039648. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsEducational facilities.United States--Michigan--Ann Arbor.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69263

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