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Wayne County Court House [i.e. Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich. – Vintage Photo Print

Wayne County Court House [i.e. Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich., [between 1902 and 1910] — historic photograph
Wayne County Court House [i.e. Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich., [between 1902 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Wayne County Court House [i.e. Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Wayne County Court House [i.e. Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich.

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The Wayne County Building, shown here under the title "Wayne County Court House," anchored the civic center in downtown Detroit for much of the early twentieth century. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American cities and landmarks from about 1890 to 1924, made this glass-plate negative sometime between 1902 and 1910, a period when Detroit was growing quickly on the strength of its automobile industry. Government buildings like this one were often photographed as symbols of civic pride, and the large 8 by 10 inch format captures fine architectural detail in the masonry and façade.

Created / published[between 1902 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes3133" and "G 2133" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034040. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsGovernment facilities.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan795 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67178

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