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- Ford Rouge Plant, View from the Dix Avenue Bridge, Dearborn, Michigan, 1934 - The Ford building at the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair was lined with murals depicting the River Rouge Plant -- a symbol of industrial efficiency that exemplified the fair's Century of Progress theme. One mural included this majestic view of the plant, which was the largest and most efficient manufacturing complex of its time.
- 1934
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Ford Rouge Plant, View from the Dix Avenue Bridge, Dearborn, Michigan, 1934
The Ford building at the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair was lined with murals depicting the River Rouge Plant -- a symbol of industrial efficiency that exemplified the fair's Century of Progress theme. One mural included this majestic view of the plant, which was the largest and most efficient manufacturing complex of its time.
- Rock of Ages and Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls, N.Y., circa 1906 -
- circa 1906
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Rock of Ages and Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls, N.Y., circa 1906
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 1903 - President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- circa 1903
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 1903
President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- Thomas Flyer and Team Crossing Bridge near Shinto, Japan, New York to Paris Race, 1908 - The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. After crossing the continental United States, teams shipped their vehicles to Asia. The Americans, driving a Thomas Flyer, disembarked in Japan in early May. As the Flyer and crew trekked carefully over the narrow Japanese roads, they encountered many inquisitive, courteous and helpful people.
- 1908
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Thomas Flyer and Team Crossing Bridge near Shinto, Japan, New York to Paris Race, 1908
The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. After crossing the continental United States, teams shipped their vehicles to Asia. The Americans, driving a Thomas Flyer, disembarked in Japan in early May. As the Flyer and crew trekked carefully over the narrow Japanese roads, they encountered many inquisitive, courteous and helpful people.
- Panoramic View of Rivers and Bridges, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1908 - 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.
- 1908
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Panoramic View of Rivers and Bridges, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1908
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.
- Bridge and Burbank's Residence, Santa Rosa, California, 1913 - The reconstruction of Santa Rosa, California, after the 1906 earthquake, privileged automobiles over railways. This steel-truss bridge afforded easier pedestrian and automobile access to Luther Burbank's experimental gardens. Burbank's new home, completed by December 1906, is visible through the trusses. During the 1960s, urban renewal and flood control projects destroyed Burbank's 1906 home and buried Santa Rosa Creek.
- October 17, 1913
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Bridge and Burbank's Residence, Santa Rosa, California, 1913
The reconstruction of Santa Rosa, California, after the 1906 earthquake, privileged automobiles over railways. This steel-truss bridge afforded easier pedestrian and automobile access to Luther Burbank's experimental gardens. Burbank's new home, completed by December 1906, is visible through the trusses. During the 1960s, urban renewal and flood control projects destroyed Burbank's 1906 home and buried Santa Rosa Creek.
- Megalethoscope Slide, "Rialto" - Invented by Carlo Ponti in the early 1860s, a megalethoscope is a device used to view a translucent, multilayered photograph. By opening or closing various panels, a person saw the image change. When lit from behind, pinpricks and paint or colored tissue applied to the back or a secondary layer of the photograph transform the scene to reveal hidden images and create an illusion of nighttime.
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Megalethoscope Slide, "Rialto"
Invented by Carlo Ponti in the early 1860s, a megalethoscope is a device used to view a translucent, multilayered photograph. By opening or closing various panels, a person saw the image change. When lit from behind, pinpricks and paint or colored tissue applied to the back or a secondary layer of the photograph transform the scene to reveal hidden images and create an illusion of nighttime.
- License Plate, Blue Water Bridge Dedication, 1938 - Drivers attach commemorative license plates to their vehicles to celebrate special civic or historic events. These plates, typically not authorized for general use, usually adorn automobiles during parades, dedications or other festivities. This plate was used for the 1938 dedication of the Blue Water Bridge. The bridge spans the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada.
- 1938
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License Plate, Blue Water Bridge Dedication, 1938
Drivers attach commemorative license plates to their vehicles to celebrate special civic or historic events. These plates, typically not authorized for general use, usually adorn automobiles during parades, dedications or other festivities. This plate was used for the 1938 dedication of the Blue Water Bridge. The bridge spans the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada.
- The United Nations "Bridge to Peace" Christmas Card, 1956 - Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.
- 1956
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The United Nations "Bridge to Peace" Christmas Card, 1956
Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.
- Old Wooden Bridge over Rouge River near Coons Mill, Michigan, circa 1925 -
- circa 1925
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Old Wooden Bridge over Rouge River near Coons Mill, Michigan, circa 1925