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Dr. Henry C. Potter's residence, Saginaw, Mich. – Vintage Print

Dr. Henry C. Potter's residence, Saginaw, Mich., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Dr. Henry C. Potter's residence, Saginaw, Mich., [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: Dr. Henry C. Potter's residence, Saginaw, Mich., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dr. Henry C. Potter's residence, Saginaw, Mich.

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Few houses in the Detroit Publishing Company's Michigan views are recorded as specifically as this one: the residence of Dr. Henry C. Potter in Saginaw, preserved on an 8 by 10 inch glass negative. Saginaw grew prosperous in the late nineteenth century as sawmills along the Saginaw River processed the region's white pine, and many of its substantial homes were built by families whose fortunes rested on lumber and related trades. The Detroit Publishing Company, active from the 1890s into the 1920s, photographed towns and houses across the country for its catalog of views, so this picture captures a residence in the years just after 1900.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNo. 157 Clif." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070214. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDwellings.United States--Michigan--Saginaw.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71800

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