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[Interior of finishing shop, Detroit Ship Building Co.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Interior of finishing shop, Detroit Ship Building Co.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Interior of finishing shop, Detroit Ship Building Co.], [between 1900 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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[Interior of finishing shop, Detroit Ship Building Co.]

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The interior of the finishing shop at the Detroit Ship Building Co. offers a rare look inside an industrial workplace rather than the usual view of a shipyard from outside. Made as an 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative sometime between 1900 and 1915, it dates from a period when Detroit's shipyards were building iron and steel freighters for Great Lakes trade. Finishing shops handled the fitting out of vessels, the stage where interior work and final details were completed before delivery. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that issued many views of American cities and industries, made the image.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043389. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70292

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