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[Interior, Wright Kay & Co., Detroit, Mich.] – Historic Print

[Interior, Wright Kay & Co., Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Interior, Wright Kay & Co., Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Interior, Wright Kay & Co., Detroit, Mich.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Interior, Wright Kay & Co., Detroit, Mich.]

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Few photographs from this era show the inside of a retail shop as clearly as this 8 x 10 inch glass negative of the Wright Kay & Co. jewelry store in Detroit. Its display cases, counters, and fittings reflect how downtown merchants arranged goods for customers in the early 1900s, when store interiors were often elaborate. The view was made between 1905 and 1915 by the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced commercial photographs of American cities and businesses and sold them as postcards and prints. Because the company documented so many local firms, its negatives remain useful for studying urban commerce and interior design of the period.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043672. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsJewelry stores. Interiors.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70447

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