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Onaway – Historic Reproduction

Onaway, 1896 June 20. — historic photograph
Onaway, 1896 June 20.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Step back in time with Onaway, a historic photograph rich in period 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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The name on this 1896 glass negative belongs to Onaway, a small village in northern Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The title points to its origin: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used "Onaway" as a call meaning "awake" in *The Song of Hiawatha* (1855). The record attributes the picture to the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented towns, resorts, and scenery across the country in the 1890s and early 1900s, but that attribution rests on the style of the title and numbering rather than a company number. The 8 by 10 inch plate reached the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published1896 June 20.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAttribution based on style of title and numbering. 83" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71182

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