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Old Russell House, [Detroit] – Historic Reproduction

Old Russell House, [Detroit], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
Old Russell House, [Detroit], [between 1910 and 1930]. 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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Old Russell House, [Detroit]

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Draped with festive decorations, the Old Russell House in Detroit appears dressed for a public occasion, with the Hotel Metropole visible at the right edge of the frame. The view survives as a 5 by 7 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, which copied an earlier print made around 1880, so it records the street as it looked in the late nineteenth century rather than when the negative was made. The company photographed cities and towns across the country, and its views of hotels and streets were widely sold. Images like this one help historians see how commercial buildings were decorated for parades, holidays, and civic events.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesHotel Metropole at right. Photograph of photographic print made ca. 1880. Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 2699. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsHotels. Festive decorations.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 683 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77268

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