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[Detroit, Mich., Gratiot Avenue from Woodward] – Historic Reproduction

[Detroit, Mich., Gratiot Avenue from Woodward], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Detroit, Mich., Gratiot Avenue from Woodward], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Detroit, Mich., Gratiot Avenue from Woodward] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Detroit, Mich., Gratiot Avenue from Woodward]

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Gratiot Avenue, where it meets Woodward in downtown Detroit, is the street this glass negative records, with streetcar tracks running down its middle. The Detroit Publishing Company made the plate sometime between 1900 and 1910, documenting the city in large 8 by 10 inch negatives. Electric streetcars were then the main way Detroiters got around, so the rails here show how much transit shaped street life. The Library of Congress holds the negative, which came to it as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5763" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036953. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Street railroads.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68268

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