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[Residence of Albert E. Silk, bedroom, Detroit, Mich.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Residence of Albert E. Silk, bedroom, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Residence of Albert E. Silk, bedroom, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Step back in time with [Residence of Albert E. Silk, bedroom, Detroit, Mich.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Residence of Albert E. Silk, bedroom, Detroit, Mich.]

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Inside the residence of Albert E. Silk in Detroit, a bedroom appears in a glass-plate negative made between 1900 and 1910. The Detroit Publishing Company, which operated from the 1890s into the 1920s, sent photographers across the city and region to record streets, businesses and private homes, and interior views like this one set the collection apart from its better-known street and landscape scenes. The 8 by 10 inch format captured fine detail in furnishings, bedding and wall treatments, which makes the room a useful record of domestic life in the period. The plate reached public holdings through a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043002. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDwellings. Bedrooms.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70004

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