Hunting for Moonstones at Moonstone Beach, Santa Catalina Island, California, circa 1907

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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

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.155

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Phostint

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in