Boating in the Trough of the Potomac, Maryland, 1890

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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 1900

Subject Date

1890

Creator Notes

Photography attributed to William Henry Jackson. Published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan. Printed about 1900 from a negative made in 1890.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.014124

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 9.125 in
Width: 6 in