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[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, carpet and drapery, Detroit, Mich.] – Historic Print

[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, carpet and drapery, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, carpet and drapery, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1905 and 1915]. 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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A window into the past: [Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, carpet and drapery, Detroit, Mich.], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The record points to the carpet and drapery department of Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, a Detroit dry goods firm, so the picture shows a working retail interior rather than a street scene. Its glass negative was made between 1905 and 1915 and carries a Detroit Publishing Company number, a firm that photographed American cities and businesses for promotion and sold the views widely. Interiors like this one are useful to historians because they record how department stores arranged merchandise, displayed rugs and fabrics, and presented goods to shoppers in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043675. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDry goods stores. Interiors. Floor coverings.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70451

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