Northern Normal School, now Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, circa 1908

Summary

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

1908

Creators

Glover, L. S. (Lycurgus S.), 1858-1935 

Detroit Publishing Co. 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Creator Notes

Original photography by Lycurgus S. Glover. Postcard published by Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.132

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Phostint
Photolithography

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in

Width: 5.5 in

Inscriptions

On lower left front: 12101. NORTHERN NORMAL SCHOOL, MARQUETTE, MICH. On lower right front: COPYRIGHT 1908, BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

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