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[Michigan, Malleable Iron Works] – Antique Wall Art

[Michigan, Malleable Iron Works], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Michigan, Malleable Iron Works], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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This picture records an artist's rendering of the Michigan Malleable Iron Works rather than the factory itself, so it shows how the company wanted its plant to look on paper. Malleable iron was cast iron heat-treated to make it less brittle, which made it useful for railroad car couplers, hardware, and automobile parts in the early 1900s. Detroit was growing fast as an industrial center during these years, and works like this one were often promoted through polished drawings like this, which could show a planned or idealized layout. The photograph was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose images captured the city and its industries around 1900 to 1910.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreArchitectural drawings Reproductions.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Photograph of an architectural rendering by Hurd Wheeler Co. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 42675. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsIndustrial facilities. Iron industry.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69757

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