Monroe Street from Campau Square, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1905

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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 1905

Subject Date

circa 1905

Creator Notes

Photographed by "Hank." Published by the Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.071426

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Retouching
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 9.875 in

Inscriptions

Hand written in pencil on verso: Monroe St., from Campau Square, Grand Rapids, Mich. / Hank 77.
Monroe Street from Campau Square, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1905