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A Residence, Providence, R.I. – Vintage Print

A Residence, Providence, R.I., c1906. — historic photograph
A Residence, Providence, R.I., c1906.. 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 A Residence, Providence, R.I., 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 record places this residence in Providence, Rhode Island, around 1906, but it gives no further detail about the house itself. It was made as an 8 by 10 inch glass negative, a large format that captured fine architectural features such as window trim, porches, and masonry. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced it, sent photographers across the country from the 1890s into the 1920s to document towns and homes, and its views were issued as postcards and printed souvenirs. Providence was then a prosperous manufacturing city, and its residential streets reflected that wealth.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30591. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019709. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDwellings.United States--Rhode Island--Providence.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63050

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