1900 Detroit Photographic Co Original Photogravure Union Square San Francisco CA

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 These photochromes from the turn of the 19th century were printed by the Detroit Photographic Company. These are fine examples of the art of photographic printing reflecting the diversity of natural history and human endeavor that is also revealed in photogravures from Ferdinand Ongania’s Views of Venice (1891); Verneuil’s Encyclopedia de la Plante (ca 1900); Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928-29); and Baril’s tritone photographic prints in Botanica (2000). Photochromes are produced by a color photo-lithographic process in which a black and white photographic negative is applied to multiple lithograph stones and colors are added, one stone at a time. The Detroit Photographic Company brought the people of the United States the very first color photographs and later extended their business into printed, colored post cards which were very popular at the time and which, to this day, are highly sought after by collectors of ephemera. The Detroit Photographic Company, known as the Detroit Publishing Company beginning in 1905 until it liquidated its assets in 1932, brought the photochrome process from Switzerland in 1897. Late in 1897, William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), noted American photographer joined the company as a partner, adding thousands of negatives of USA landmarks produced by Jackson to the company’s inventory. Jackson had been a photographer with the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1870s, which took him all over the west and cemented his reputation as one of the foremost landscape photographers of his time. During the 1880s Jackson continued to travel extensively, photographing hotels, city views, railroad lines, important buildings, and more. Jackson was taken with the photochrom process because it captured color so naturalistically, and he would devote himself to it in his last years of active photography. (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst, MA) The photochromes we are offering are taken by a large format camera and therefore show extraordinary detail. They are the largest of the photochrome prints published, with the exception of the panoramic views the Detroit Photographic Company produced, and each is approximately 7 x 9 inches. By contrast, their postcards are 3 x 5 inches. Most have the number of the print and subject matter embossed just above the lower edge. While many have a copyright date, these dates do not necessarily correspond to the date the photograph was taken, often years earlier. There is nothing written on the verso and the condition overall is very good with some minor creases, edge folds in a some as noted. We try to select antique prints in the best possible condition, with as few defects as possible. Nevertheless, these prints are often hundreds of years old and show the effects of time, as noted below 1. Most common is paper darkening, or toning, resulting in the paper becoming shades darker, from off white to light brown. We rarely offer very toned prints, unless the issue is particularly scarce. 2. Text offset occurs over time, when the text page is against the image and ink from the text makes lines on the image. Conversely, image offset occurs when the hand coloring transfers slightly to the text. Again, we rarely offer heavily offset prints. 3. Spotted or foxing is also common due to age and handling over a long period of time and while a small degree of foxing is common and acceptable, we avoid extensively foxed prints. SHIPPING Shipping is first class and we pack the prints flat and well protected in foam core, unless they are large, when we very carefully roll them with several protective layers. They roll out flat very quickly.

Price: 27.5 USD

Location: Saint Augustine, Florida

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