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Market St. [Street], Louisville, Ky. – Vintage Wall Art

Market St. [Street], Louisville, Ky., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Market St. [Street], Louisville, Ky., [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 rare historic photograph captures Market St. [Street], Louisville, Ky. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Market St. [Street], Louisville, Ky.

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Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky, is the subject here, and the left-hand building carries the sign for the Louisville National Banking Company, which anchors the view to a specific business block. The photograph was made on an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate sometime between 1900 and 1910, when the Detroit Publishing Company was producing large-format views of American cities and selling them as colorful prints. Streetcar tracks in the subject list point to the electric trolley lines that by then carried much of the city's daily traffic. The plate's cracked upper right corner and its later gift to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949 are part of its physical history.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegative cracked upper right corner. G 4321" on negative. "Louisville National Banking Co." on left building. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070039. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities. Street railroads.United States--Kentucky--Louisville.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan802 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71629

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