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[Bedroom, residence of Mr. Fair, 40 Putnam Avenue, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Print

[Bedroom, residence of Mr. Fair, 40 Putnam Avenue, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Bedroom, residence of Mr. Fair, 40 Putnam Avenue, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915]. 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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A window into the past: [Bedroom, residence of Mr. Fair, 40 Putnam Avenue, Detroit, Mich.], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Bedroom, residence of Mr. Fair, 40 Putnam Avenue, Detroit, Mich.]

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A bedroom in the residence of Mr. Fair at 40 Putnam Avenue in Detroit is the subject of this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, which the Detroit Publishing Company probably made between 1905 and 1915. The company, based in Detroit, sold views of American cities, landmarks and scenes of everyday life, and its large-format plates captured fine detail that smaller cameras could not. Interior views like this one are less common than street scenes and exteriors, so they offer a glimpse of how a middle-class household furnished and arranged its private rooms in the early twentieth century. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043578. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDwellings. Bedrooms.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70417

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