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[Richmond & Backus Co. office, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Richmond & Backus Co. office, Detroit, Mich.], [1902?] — historic photograph
[Richmond & Backus Co. office, Detroit, Mich.], [1902?]. 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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[Richmond & Backus Co. office, Detroit, Mich.]

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The subject here is a Detroit office tied to the stationery trade, which the catalog names as Richmond & Backus Co., though the cataloger was unsure whether the room was a telephone or telegraph office. The picture is an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative, probably made around 1902 by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented the city's streets, businesses and interiors at the turn of the century. Its interior view offers a glimpse of how commercial workplaces were arranged in that period.

Created / published[1902?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Possibly the telephone or telegraph office. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042750. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsOffices. Stationery trade. Commercial facilities.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69801

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