A Tobacco warehouse, Louisville, Ky. – Historic Reproduction
(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 A Tobacco warehouse, Louisville, Ky. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A Tobacco warehouse, Louisville, Ky.
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Louisville was one of the great leaf-tobacco markets in the country around 1906, and this Detroit Publishing Company view shows the work that moved through it. Hogsheads, the large barrels used to pack and ship cured leaf, and horse-drawn carts and wagons are the features that set this scene apart from the city's other commercial pictures. The Detroit Publishing Company, which hired photographers to document American towns, rail lines and industries, sold these views as postcards and prints, so the image also records how a working warehouse district looked to the public at the time.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3610" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019374. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Tobacco industry. Warehouses. Barrels. Carts & wagons.United States--Kentucky--Louisville. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62782 |
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