On the Road to Cripple Creek, Colorado, circa 1885

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1895

Subject Date

circa 1885

Creator Notes

Photography attributed to William Henry Jackson. Published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan. The original negative for this image was probably made 10 or more years before it was published in about 1895.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.02523

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 6.25 in

Inscriptions

Printed at lower edge of image (in original negative): 02523 ON THE ROAD TO CRIPPLE CREEK DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. Written on verso in pencil: Colo 5 [in circle] 5-526 On verso in pencil: [Photographer probably William H. Jackson of Colorado Historical Society]