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[The armory, Jacksonville, Fla.] – Historic Reproduction

[The armory, Jacksonville, Fla.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[The armory, Jacksonville, Fla.], [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Jacksonville 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 [The armory, Jacksonville, Fla.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A glass dry plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, catalogued as number 32480, records a view of the armory in Jacksonville, Florida, made sometime between 1895 and 1910. Armories of that era served as drill halls and gathering places for local militia units, so their size and architecture often signaled a city's civic standing. The Detroit Publishing Company sent photographers across the country to document towns and landmarks for sale as views and postcards, which makes this plate a useful record of how Jacksonville presented itself at the turn of the century. The penciled marking "WHJ 149" on the negative is a working reference from the company's own filing.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. WHJ 149" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32480. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsArmories.United States--Florida--Jacksonville.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan791 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66071

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