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[Fisher body plant] – Antique Wall Art

[Fisher body plant], [between 1915 and 1925] — historic photograph
[Fisher body plant], [between 1915 and 1925]. 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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Among the Detroit Publishing Company's many views of American industry, this glass negative shows a Fisher body plant, one of the factories tied to the Fisher Body Company, which supplied automobile bodies to carmakers and became closely linked with General Motors in the 1920s. The record dates the picture to between 1915 and 1925, a period when Detroit's auto industry was expanding rapidly and plants like this one were reshaping the city's skyline and workforce. The record only suggests a Detroit-area location, so the exact site is uncertain. Its 5 by 7 inch glass format reflects the large-plate photography the company used to document factories, towns and landscapes for commercial sale.

Created / published[between 1915 and 1925]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesTitle from jacket. Possibly Detroit, Michigan area. Detroit Publishing Co. nos., 55517, K 2828. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 678 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77293

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