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[Camerden and Forster Building, New York] – Antique Photo Print

[Camerden and Forster Building, New York], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Camerden and Forster Building, New York], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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 historic photograph of [Camerden and Forster Building, New York] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Camerden and Forster Building, New York]

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Rather than showing a street scene, this picture copies an architectural drawing of the Camerden and Forster Building, a commercial structure in New York. The image was made as a large 11 by 14 inch glass negative, a format favored for detailed reproduction work in the early 1900s. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced it, was known for its broad survey of American towns, landmarks, and commercial life, and its negatives document how businesses presented their buildings to the public. Because the source is a drawing, the picture records the building as planned or rendered, which makes it useful for comparing design intentions with the structures that were actually built.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Drawings Reproductions.
NotesTitle from jacket. Photograph of a drawing. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 045110. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCommercial facilities.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 737 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77904

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