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Mr. Magazine: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 3:00am.
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1908. "Smallest news & post card stand in New Orleans, 103 Royal Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Ruth E. Pember: 1901
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 3:22pm.
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Circa 1901. "Ruth. E Pember at sail." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Big Tipper: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 5:12am.
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Toledo, Ohio, circa 1910. "Brown hoist, Ohio Central coal dock." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Royal Furniture: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:04pm.
New Orleans circa 1937. "842 Royal Street, Sign." Among the highlights: interesting period signage, a ghost pedestrian and an ectoplasmic dog. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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Bo Peeps: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 4:27pm.
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Circa 1905. "Schoolgirls." Our second group portrait taken at this undisclosed location. A mute choral recital hitting all the notes on the scale of emotions between embarrassed and mortified. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. UPDATE: This is the Saints Peter and Paul Academy, 64 Parsons St., Detroit.
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Detroit: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 4:23am.
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Detroit, Michigan, circa 1916. "Hotel Pontchartrain and Campus Martius." Frequent photographic subjects of the Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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River Crossing: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 6:57pm.
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Circa 1907. "Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York." From a group of pictures that are probably Detroit Publishing's best known photographs. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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