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[Detroit Shipbuilding Co., scratch room, probably Wyandotte, Mich.] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Detroit Shipbuilding Co., scratch room, probably Wyandotte, Mich.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Detroit Shipbuilding Co., scratch room, probably Wyandotte, Mich.], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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 [Detroit Shipbuilding Co., scratch room, probably Wyandotte, Mich.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Detroit Shipbuilding Co., scratch room, probably Wyandotte, Mich.]

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Standing beside a large metal wheel and a jumble of machine parts, a lone worker anchors this 8 x 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Shipbuilding Co., probably photographed in Wyandotte, Michigan. The catalog record is unsure whether the room was a scratch room or a scrap room, but either name points to the yard's bulk materials and salvage. The Detroit Publishing Company made such large-format views of industrial sites in the decade before 1920, when the Detroit River towns were busy turning out lake freighters and other steel vessels. The glass plate preserves the dark, cluttered interior in fine detail.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket, and partially devised by cataloger. Man standing next to metal wheel and parts; could be scrap room. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 1724. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsInteriors. Industrial facilities. Boat & ship industry.United States--Michigan--Wyandotte.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76140

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