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Charleston, S.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Charleston 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 Charleston, S.C.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The unusual thing about this picture is its form: it is a photograph of a set of photographic prints joined into a panorama, not a direct view of the city. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views of American towns and landscapes in the early 1900s, assembled such sequences for sale and for display, and this copy was catalogued under its number 15690. Charleston was a popular subject for the company, a port city with a long waterfront and a dense row of historic buildings that drew tourists. The glass negative's 5 by 7 inch size and its 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado show how the company's pictures spread to institutions well after they were made.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Panoramic photographs.Dry plate negatives.Reproductions.
NotesPhotograph of photographic prints forming panorama. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 15690. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsUnited States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 725 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76729

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