Antique Photo Print - Boston, Massachusetts - 25-ton door, safe deposit – Antique Photo Print
![Antique Photo Print - Boston, Massachusetts - 25-ton door, safe deposit, [1913?] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e7/e7d00c52f4dd-L.webp)
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A window into the past: Antique Photo Print - Boston, Massachusetts - 25-ton door, safe deposit, preserved in this historic print. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Antique Photo Print - Boston, Massachusetts - 25-ton door, safe deposit
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A 25-ton door guarding a safe deposit vault in Boston is the subject here, a striking example of how far banks went to protect customers' valuables in the early 1900s. Steel vault doors of this size were a point of pride, meant to reassure depositors that property kept in rented boxes was safe from theft and fire. The record dates the picture to around 1913 and credits the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced a large body of American city views and commercial photographs. Its images of urban institutions like this one offer a useful look at how banking architecture projected strength and trust.
| Created / published | [1913?] |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Detroit Publishing |
| Original scan | 973 × 803 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70511 |
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