Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1902

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Artifact Overview

Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1902

Creator Notes

Probably photographed by William Henry Jackson. Published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.042271

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 7 in
Width: 9.375 in

Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1902