"Piped Down," Sailors on the Berth Deck of the USS Massachusetts, 1896-1901

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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 1907

Subject Date

1896-1901

Creator Notes

Original photography by Edwin S. Hart. Published by Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan. Printed about 1907 based on a photograph made 1896-1901.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.141

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Photolithography
Phostint

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in

Inscriptions

On lower left front: 11335 PIPED DOWN /.
"Piped Down," Sailors on the Berth Deck of the USS Massachusetts, 1896-1901