"Pouring Copper," Quincy Smelter, Hancock Michigan, circa 1906

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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 1906

Creator Notes

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

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.147

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

Printed at bottom edge of postcard: 10037 POURING COPPER Text at upper right front corner: COPR. BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.