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[E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, private office from balcony] – Antique Wall Art

[E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, private office from balcony], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, private office from balcony], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Taken from a balcony above the floor, this view looks down on the show rooms of the E.M. Bigsby Co., a Detroit clothing firm, with the private office set apart from the sales area. The Detroit Publishing Company, which worked in the city from the 1890s into the 1920s, made commercial and scenic views, and this 8 by 10 inch glass negative dates from between 1900 and 1915. Interiors like this show how mercantile floors were arranged before self-service retailing, with goods displayed for customers and staff handling each sale.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4102" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043400. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOffices. Clothing stores.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70301

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