Detroit Photographic Company Private Railroad Car, Delaware Gap near Manunka Chunk, New Jersey, 1890-1901
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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 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.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1890-1901
Subject Date
1890-1901
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.015065
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 in
Width: 20.75 in
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