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[Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Print

[Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Step back in time with [Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich.]

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The parlor of Mrs. H.C. Parke's Detroit residence is the focus here, and a tiger rug laid across the floor stands out as the most distinctive object in the room. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made views of the city and its surroundings for sale as postcards and prints in the early 1900s, recorded many such domestic interiors on large glass plates like this 8 by 10 inch negative. Parlors of this period were formal rooms for receiving guests, and photographs of them offer a useful look at how middle-class Detroit households furnished and decorated their homes around 1900 to 1910.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Includes tiger rug. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042990. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDwellings. Living rooms.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69990

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