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Gleaners' Temple, Detroit – Antique Wall Art

Gleaners' Temple, Detroit, [between 1908 and 1910] — historic photograph
Gleaners' Temple, Detroit, [between 1908 and 1910]. 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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The Gleaners' Temple stands out in this group of Detroit views because its building carries the date 1908 on its facade, which fixes the picture to the years just after the structure went up. The Gleaners were a fraternal society with roots in Detroit, and a building of this kind typically housed lodge meeting rooms, ceremonial halls, and offices for a membership organization that offered members mutual benefits. Detroit Publishing Company photographers worked across the United States in these years, documenting cities and their civic and institutional buildings on glass negatives like this one. The sharp, formal composition reflects the period's taste for architecture photographed as a record of a city's growth.

Created / published[between 1908 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes1908" on building. "X 262" on negative label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071277. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOrganizations' facilities. Fraternal organizations.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72635

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