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Smith and Wesson factory, Springfield, Mass. – Antique Wall Art

Smith and Wesson factory, Springfield, Mass., c1908. — historic photograph
Smith and Wesson factory, Springfield, Mass., c1908.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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 rare historic photograph captures Smith and Wesson factory, Springfield, Mass. in remarkable 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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Smith and Wesson factory, Springfield, Mass.

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Smith & Wesson's Springfield, Massachusetts, works are the subject here, pictured around 1908 on an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative. The company had been making firearms in Springfield since the 1850s, when Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson built their revolver business there, so the scene records a manufacturer already well established by the early twentieth century. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country to document cities, industry and scenery, made the negative, and it reflects the period's interest in showing American factories as emblems of growth.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes4145" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070542. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsFirearms industry. Industrial facilities.United States--Massachusetts--Springfield.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72123

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