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Brick building with wooden doors and packing crates – Antique Photo Print

Brick building with wooden doors and packing crates — historic image
Brick building with wooden doors and packing crates. Historic image from the Presidents collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Brick building with wooden doors and packing crates comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Brick building with wooden doors and packing crates

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A brick building with heavy wooden doors, with packing crates stacked nearby, sets this scene apart from the portraits and famous moments usually linked to Benjamin Franklin. The record does not say where the building stands or when the photograph was taken, so its exact setting is uncertain. Brick warehouses like this were common in busy port cities of the 18th and 19th centuries, where crates moved goods in and out of storage. The scene points to the everyday commerce that Franklin's world depended on, a useful contrast to the more familiar images of his public career.

Original scan6,934 × 5,307 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
Reference30792u franklin's print shop

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