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[Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.] – Antique Wall Art

[Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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The Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the subject of this glass plate negative, one of several views of American towns and institutions that the Detroit Publishing Company made around the turn of the twentieth century. The firm sold its scenic and architectural photographs as postcards, prints, and lantern slides, so a building like this was documented with the sort of straightforward, well-lit exterior view that suited a broad market. The 8 x 10 inch negative carries the firm's catalog number, and it came to the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado. Its record gives only a date range, so the exact day it was taken is unknown.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 2223" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033539. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLibraries.United States--Massachusetts--Northampton.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66768

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