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[General offices, Whitney Warner Publishing Co., Detroit, Mich.] – Vintage Print

[General offices, Whitney Warner Publishing Co., Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
[General offices, Whitney Warner Publishing Co., Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1905]. 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: [General offices, Whitney Warner Publishing Co., Detroit, Mich.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[General offices, Whitney Warner Publishing Co., Detroit, Mich.]

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Rather than a street front, this glass negative records the inside of the general offices of the Whitney Warner Publishing Co., a Detroit firm in the music trade. Around 1900, sheet music was a major commercial product, sold in large quantities to households with pianos and to dealers across the country, and an interior view like this one shows the clerical work that kept such a business running. The 8 by 10 inch format captured fine detail in a room's desks, shelving, and fittings. Detroit Publishing Company photographs of this period were made to show the city's commercial life, so the picture documents local industry as well as one company.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043043. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsMusic publishing industry. Offices.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70041

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