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Granite Building, Rochester, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Granite Building, Rochester, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Granite Building, Rochester, N.Y., [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: Granite Building, Rochester, N.Y., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Granite Building, Rochester, N.Y.

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The Granite Building stood on the corner of Main and St. Paul streets in Rochester, New York, and this glass negative captures it in the years before 1910, when the city was a busy center of flour milling, shoemaking and the Eastman Kodak works. Built in 1868 as one of the first large commercial blocks in the city, it was among the tallest office buildings in Rochester in its day and was named for the granite that faced its lower stories. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 x 10 inch negative, sent photographers across the country to document such landmarks for postcards and promotional albums, so the view also preserves the streetscape around it.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes4049" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071065. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOffice buildings.United States--New York (State)--Rochester.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72457

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