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[Office interior, possibly in Detroit, Michigan] – Antique Print

[Office interior, possibly in Detroit, Michigan], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Office interior, possibly in Detroit, Michigan], [between 1900 and 1920]. 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 [Office interior, possibly in Detroit, Michigan], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Office interior, possibly in Detroit, Michigan]

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A paper jacket marked "Gas Co." is the most specific clue to this office interior, though the Detroit location is only a possibility, suggested later by a cataloger. The Detroit Publishing Company, active from the 1890s into the 1920s, made views of American cities and landscapes, and large glass plates like this 8-by-10-inch negative were the originals from which its prints were made. Office interiors from these years record how clerical work was done before typewriters and office machines became routine.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. DHP" on negative. "Gas Co." on jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 810. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76082

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