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[Junction yards, Kirby Avenue freight station, Michigan Central Railroad, Detroit] – Historic Reproduction

[Junction yards, Kirby Avenue freight station, Michigan Central Railroad, Detroit], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Junction yards, Kirby Avenue freight station, Michigan Central Railroad, Detroit], [between 1900 and 1920]. 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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Freight cars fill the junction yards at the Kirby Avenue freight station, a Michigan Central Railroad facility in Detroit. The Michigan Central was one of the Midwest's major rail lines, and its Detroit yards handled the steady flow of goods that supplied the city's factories and shipping. The view was recorded on a 5 x 7 inch glass negative between 1900 and 1920, when the Detroit Publishing Company was photographing American cities and industry. The negative was made to join a second section into a panorama, so the scene was meant to be read as one wide sweep of track and rolling stock.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Title from jacket: Junction yards. Forms a panorama with negative D418-4 B; may have other sections not in collection. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsRailroad shops & yards. Railroad freight cars.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 687 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76181

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