Grayling – Historic Print
(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 Grayling. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Grayling
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The record gives this view only as "Grayling," dated August 1, 1890, but the name most likely refers to Grayling, Michigan, a lumber town on the Au Sable River in the northern Lower Peninsula during the state's logging boom. The glass dry-plate negative is 8 by 10 inches and carries a Detroit Publishing Company number, though the catalogers note that the attribution rests on the style of the title and numbering rather than a signature. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado, a route that reflects how such views traveled between collections. Its large format and early date make it a useful record of the period's commercial landscape photography.
| Created / published | 1890 Aug. 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on style of title and numbering. 353" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021941. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 798 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64970 |
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