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- Assembly of Marine Compound Steam Engines, Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan, 1901 - 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.
- 1901
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Assembly of Marine Compound Steam Engines, Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan, 1901
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.
- Railroad Crossing, Wyandotte, Michigan, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, October 1925 - Multiple-track railroad crossings, where a roadway crosses more than one railroad track, are particularly dangerous. A train on or near the crossing on one track can block motorists' view of another train approaching the crossing on a different track. Crossings like this were some of the first to be protected with automated warning devices and gates.
- October 01, 1925
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Railroad Crossing, Wyandotte, Michigan, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, October 1925
Multiple-track railroad crossings, where a roadway crosses more than one railroad track, are particularly dangerous. A train on or near the crossing on one track can block motorists' view of another train approaching the crossing on a different track. Crossings like this were some of the first to be protected with automated warning devices and gates.
- Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
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Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965
- Railroad Crossing, Wyandotte, Michigan, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, October 1925 - Apart from eliminating it altogether, the safest way to protect a railroad crossing is with movable gates. The earliest gates, introduced around 1870, were hand-operated by an employee stationed at the crossing. Automated gates first appeared in the 1930s. Four-quadrant gates completely block off the road, while more common two-quadrant gates block each lane only in the direction of travel.
- October 01, 1925
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Railroad Crossing, Wyandotte, Michigan, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, October 1925
Apart from eliminating it altogether, the safest way to protect a railroad crossing is with movable gates. The earliest gates, introduced around 1870, were hand-operated by an employee stationed at the crossing. Automated gates first appeared in the 1930s. Four-quadrant gates completely block off the road, while more common two-quadrant gates block each lane only in the direction of travel.
- Account Book of the Items Purchased for Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, 1880-1882 -
- 1880-1882
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Account Book of the Items Purchased for Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, 1880-1882
- Hat, 1946-1950 -
- 1946-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Hat, 1946-1950
- Railroad Crossing, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, Oak Street, Wyandotte, Michigan, June 1926 - Apart from eliminating it altogether, the safest way to protect a railroad crossing is with movable gates. The earliest gates, introduced around 1870, were hand-operated by an employee stationed at the crossing. Automated gates first appeared in the 1930s. Four-quadrant gates completely block off the road, while more common two-quadrant gates block each lane only in the direction of travel.
- June 16, 1926
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Railroad Crossing, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, Oak Street, Wyandotte, Michigan, June 1926
Apart from eliminating it altogether, the safest way to protect a railroad crossing is with movable gates. The earliest gates, introduced around 1870, were hand-operated by an employee stationed at the crossing. Automated gates first appeared in the 1930s. Four-quadrant gates completely block off the road, while more common two-quadrant gates block each lane only in the direction of travel.
- Hat, 1950-1955 -
- 1950-1955
- Collections - Artifact
Hat, 1950-1955
- Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad Station, Wyandotte, Michigan, June 1926 - After Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920, he invested some $15 million in improvements to the line's physical plant. Ford rebuilt track with heavier rail; repaired or replaced bridges; and improved stations, warehouses and roundhouses. DT&I's passenger stations, like this one at Wyandotte, Michigan, received new coats of standardized gray paint.
- June 10, 1926
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Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad Station, Wyandotte, Michigan, June 1926
After Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920, he invested some $15 million in improvements to the line's physical plant. Ford rebuilt track with heavier rail; repaired or replaced bridges; and improved stations, warehouses and roundhouses. DT&I's passenger stations, like this one at Wyandotte, Michigan, received new coats of standardized gray paint.
- View Camera, Used in Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, circa 1882 - Tintype cameras made photographs on thin, black-painted sheets of iron. The images came directly from the camera, so there were no photographic negatives from which multiple copies could be made. However, cameras could be fitted with multiple lenses, allowing several copies of the same tintype image to be produced at one time on a single sheet of iron.
- circa 1882
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View Camera, Used in Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, circa 1882
Tintype cameras made photographs on thin, black-painted sheets of iron. The images came directly from the camera, so there were no photographic negatives from which multiple copies could be made. However, cameras could be fitted with multiple lenses, allowing several copies of the same tintype image to be produced at one time on a single sheet of iron.