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[St. Peter's Cathedral, Richmond, Va.] – Antique Wall Art

[St. Peter's Cathedral, Richmond, Va.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[St. Peter's Cathedral, Richmond, Va.], [between 1905 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Richmond 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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Step back in time with [St. Peter's Cathedral, Richmond, Va.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Most pictures on this board show Richmond's civic and commercial streets, but this one turns to St. Peter's, the Catholic cathedral that has anchored the city's Catholic community since the nineteenth century. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American towns and landmarks in the early twentieth century for travel promotion and sale, made this 8 x 10 inch glass plate negative between 1905 and 1920. The plate later passed through the State Historical Society of Colorado, which gave it to the Library of Congress in 1949. Its survival shows how such commercial views of churches and streetscapes became a lasting visual record of the period.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5330" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036652. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCathedrals.United States--Virginia--Richmond.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68039

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