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[Detroit, Mich., F. W. [sic] Alger's residence] – Historic Print

[Detroit, Mich., F. W. [sic] Alger's residence], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Detroit, Mich., F. W. [sic] Alger's residence], [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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This rare historic photograph captures [Detroit, Mich., F. W. [sic] Alger's residence] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The original title gives the owner's initials as "F. W." (marked *sic*), but the subject headings name Frederick M. Alger, a member of the prominent Alger family of Michigan. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative records his Detroit residence and the street in front of it. The Detroit Publishing Company, which documented the city's streets, buildings and neighborhoods in the early twentieth century, made many views like it. Taken between about 1900 and 1920, the photograph offers a useful record of how prosperous households looked in the city's residential districts during those years.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
NotesTitle from jacket. No. 39
SubjectsAlger, Frederick M. Dwellings. Streets.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71919

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