Boys on Donkey Cart, Street Corner of the French Market, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1905
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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.
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
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1905
Subject Date
circa 1905
Creators
Glover, L. S. (Lycurgus S.), 1858-1935
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Photographed by Lycurgus S. Glover. Published by the Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.039639
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 6.875 in
Width: 9 in
Inscriptions
On verso: In pencil A corner of the French Market | [scribbles, partly cut off:] ...hotel..good VN "... Ok Mag /. Photographer: Lycurgus S. Glover /. B85926 Neg No. (1-15-79) In grease pencil 039639 X Ink stamp on verso reads: This is a preliminary and incomplete proof; the sole property of Detroit Publishing Co. which reserves the rights of use. It is loaned on express condition of being returned for correction without publication. Photographer's negative number: G6910
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