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- Cass Park, Detroit, Michigan, Artwork by Ivan Swift -
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Cass Park, Detroit, Michigan, Artwork by Ivan Swift
- Up Broadway, Los Angeles, California, circa 1900 - For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. In this image, people walk, bicycle, and use horse-drawn vehicles to move along a commercial Los Angeles street.
- circa 1900
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Up Broadway, Los Angeles, California, circa 1900
For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. In this image, people walk, bicycle, and use horse-drawn vehicles to move along a commercial Los Angeles street.
- Subway Entrance and Exit Kiosks, 23rd and 4th Avenues, New York City, circa 1905 - As one of the world's major image publishers from 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Here, people enter and exit a New York City subway station operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The city's Board of Transportation acquired the company in 1940.
- circa 1905
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Subway Entrance and Exit Kiosks, 23rd and 4th Avenues, New York City, circa 1905
As one of the world's major image publishers from 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Here, people enter and exit a New York City subway station operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The city's Board of Transportation acquired the company in 1940.
- Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890 - The first Detroit Opera House stands behind a horse-drawn streetcar at Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Electric streetcar lines (note the wires strung above the streets) coexisted with horsecars in turn-of-the-ninteenth-century Detroit.
- circa 1890
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Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890
The first Detroit Opera House stands behind a horse-drawn streetcar at Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Electric streetcar lines (note the wires strung above the streets) coexisted with horsecars in turn-of-the-ninteenth-century Detroit.
- "Tremont Street, Looking South," Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many North American scenes. Keith's Theatre, the narrow, ornate building in this street view, was an elegant vaudeville playhouse. It also projected Boston's first film using Thomas Edison's Vistascope in 1896.
- circa 1905
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"Tremont Street, Looking South," Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many North American scenes. Keith's Theatre, the narrow, ornate building in this street view, was an elegant vaudeville playhouse. It also projected Boston's first film using Thomas Edison's Vistascope in 1896.
- Downtown Los Angeles, California, circa 1900 - At the turn of the 20th century, the streets of downtown Los Angeles, such as the intersection of Spring and Third Streets, shown here, were busy and densely developed. Streetcars, pedestrians, bicycles, and horse-drawn passenger and commercial vehicles shared the road.
- circa 1900
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Downtown Los Angeles, California, circa 1900
At the turn of the 20th century, the streets of downtown Los Angeles, such as the intersection of Spring and Third Streets, shown here, were busy and densely developed. Streetcars, pedestrians, bicycles, and horse-drawn passenger and commercial vehicles shared the road.
- "Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts," circa 1905 - 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.
- circa 1905
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"Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts," circa 1905
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.
- The Call Building, San Francisco, California, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of the San Francisco Call Building (now Central Tower). The building was home of the <em>San Francisco Call</em> newspaper--before it was gutted by fire following the city's 1906 earthquake.
- circa 1905
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The Call Building, San Francisco, California, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of the San Francisco Call Building (now Central Tower). The building was home of the San Francisco Call newspaper--before it was gutted by fire following the city's 1906 earthquake.
- Platter, 1815-1830 -
- 1815-1830
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Platter, 1815-1830
- Broadway and Trinity Church, New York City, circa 1912 - When the Trinity Church was constructed in 1846, it stood as the highest point in New York City. The church was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Richard Upjohn, one of the founders and first president of the American Institute of Architects.
- October 02, 1912
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Broadway and Trinity Church, New York City, circa 1912
When the Trinity Church was constructed in 1846, it stood as the highest point in New York City. The church was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Richard Upjohn, one of the founders and first president of the American Institute of Architects.