Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Munising Michigan, circa 1908

THF113688 / Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Munising Michigan, circa 1908
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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

circa 1908

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.130

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

Text on lower left front: 11864 PICTURED ROCKS, LAKE SUPERIOR Text on lower right front: DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.
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