Woodward Avenue, North from Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905

Summary

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1905

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.P.034587

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 7.125 in

Width: 9 in

Inscriptions

On verso in blue grease pencil: 034587 [circled] + [and in pencil]: House 165 401/c[?e] [CROP MARKS ] Woodward Avenue, north from Jefferson.

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