The Detroit news timely topics. Fused quartz – Antique Print
![The Detroit news timely topics. Fused quartz, [between 1915 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3c/3c72f19c386c-L.webp)
(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 The Detroit news timely topics. Fused quartz, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Detroit news timely topics. Fused quartz
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A glass-plate copy of a print on fused quartz, one of the "Timely Topics" pictures that the Detroit News put out in the 1910s and 1920s to explain new technology to readers. Fused quartz, made by melting purified silica, was a relatively new material then, prized for its clarity and its ability to withstand extreme heat and pass ultraviolet light, which made it useful in laboratory apparatus and early lighting. The Keystone View Company printed the original picture, and the Detroit Publishing Company distributed it, so it reflects how a modern industrial material was presented to a general audience of the period.
| Created / published | [between 1915 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions. |
| Notes | Photograph of a photographic print by Keystone View Photo." Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 3180. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 678 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77375 |
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