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- Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 1899 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.

- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 1899
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- Detroit Photographic Company Retail Outlet, New York City, 1900-1910 - 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.

- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company Retail Outlet, New York City, 1900-1910
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.
- Detroit Photographic Co. Railroad Car on Overpass near Arlington, New Jersey, circa 1900 - This photograph shows two popular modes of transportation available around 1900. A person could travel long distances by train or take a short leisurely ride on a bicycle.

- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Co. Railroad Car on Overpass near Arlington, New Jersey, circa 1900
This photograph shows two popular modes of transportation available around 1900. A person could travel long distances by train or take a short leisurely ride on a bicycle.
- Detroit Photographic Company Private Railroad Car, Delaware Gap near Manunka Chunk, New Jersey, 1890-1901 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.

- 1890-1901
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company Private Railroad Car, Delaware Gap near Manunka Chunk, New Jersey, 1890-1901
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- Picking Prunes in Southern California, 1890-1910 -

- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Picking Prunes in Southern California, 1890-1910
- Campbell Prune Drier, Southern California, 1890-1910 -

- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Campbell Prune Drier, Southern California, 1890-1910
- Detroit Photographic Company's Railcar and Staff, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, circa 1904 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.

- circa 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company's Railcar and Staff, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, circa 1904
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1902 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.

- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1902
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- Prune Graders in Southern California, 1892-1917 -

- 1892-1917
- Collections - Artifact
Prune Graders in Southern California, 1892-1917
- Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 1899 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.

- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 1899
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.