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Detroit Photographic Co., 229 5th Ave. [i.e. Fifth Avenue], New York – Historic Photo Reproduction

Detroit Photographic Co., 229 5th Ave. [i.e. Fifth Avenue], New York, [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Detroit Photographic Co., 229 5th Ave. [i.e. Fifth Avenue], New York, [between 1900 and 1905]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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A window into the past: Detroit Photographic Co., 229 5th Ave. [i.e. Fifth Avenue], New York, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Detroit Photographic Co., 229 5th Ave. [i.e. Fifth Avenue], New York

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A storefront on Fifth Avenue is the focus of these two glass negatives, which carry the Detroit Photographic Co. name at 229 Fifth Avenue in New York. The Detroit firm used its New York address to market its views of American cities and landscapes, and the signage here served as advertising on one of the city's busiest streets. The two plates are nearly identical, and one is labeled "dup," so the company likely kept a second copy. The pair came to the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. Detroit Photographic Co." on A negative; "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042985. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDetroit Publishing Co. Photographic studios. Advertisements.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69985

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