Photographic views of North America
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Description
- Title
- Photographic views of North America
- Contributor
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Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Detroit Photographic Co., copyright claimant.
Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant. - Published / Created
- ca. 1897-1924.
- Publication Place
- Detroit, Mich.
- Publisher
- Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
- Abstract
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Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation
Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
- Description
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The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market.
In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932.
Accompanied by a container list.
Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints.
Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1993.
- Extent
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1,116 photographic and photomechanical prints : various sizes, most 18 x 23 or 9 x 18 cm
16 photographic and photomechanical prints : 42 x 99 cm or smaller. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 121
- Related Resource Online
- View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
- Container / Volume
- Binder 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Panoramas
Panoramic photographs
Photographic prints
Photomechanical prints - Material
- color, some b&w ; and color ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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West (U.S.)
Mexico
Bahamas
Canada - Subject (Name)
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Husher, Edwin H.
Livingston, William A. - Subject (Topic)
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Indians of North America
Universities and colleges - Subjects
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Husher, Edwin H.
Livingston, William A.
West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Universities and colleges > Pictorial works
Mexico > Pictorial works
Bahamas > Pictorial works
Canada > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Photographic Views of North America. Western Americana Collection,Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3884664
- Object ID (OID)
- 2006182
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