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[Walker Block, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Walker Block, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Walker Block, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1920]. 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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[Walker Block, Detroit, Mich.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Walker Block, Detroit, Mich.]

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The Walker Block is the subject of this glass negative, which the record ties, though only tentatively, to Hiram Walker & Sons, the whisky distilling firm that was based across the river in Walkerville, Ontario, and had commercial interests in Detroit. The photograph was taken between 1905 and 1920 as part of the Detroit Publishing Company's large-format survey of the city and its businesses. That firm, known for its colorful prints, made thousands of these 8 x 10 inch negatives, and this one reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado. Its catalog number and the note "G 5689" on the glass help place it within that large commercial record.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Possibly owned by Hiram Walker & Sons. G 5689" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036899. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCommercial facilities.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68223

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