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[Residence of Hervie Wetzel, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Residence of Hervie Wetzel, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Residence of Hervie Wetzel, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915]. 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: [Residence of Hervie Wetzel, Detroit, Mich.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Residence of Hervie Wetzel, Detroit, Mich.]

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A private residence belonging to Hervie Wetzel in Detroit is preserved here on an 8 by 10 inch glass negative, one of the many house views the Detroit Publishing Company made between about 1905 and 1915. The company produced thousands of plates documenting streets, buildings and landscapes, which it sold as souvenirs and reference views. The period was one of rapid growth in Detroit, when the automobile industry was expanding the city and its wealthier families were building larger homes. The record notes that the negative was given to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5719" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043532. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDwellings.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70391

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