Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingMuelle San Francisco, Havana, Cuba 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.- Contributor: Detroit Photographic Co.
- Date: 1904-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingWeighing sugar cane before unloading at mill, Cuba 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.- Contributor: Detroit Photographic Co.
- Date: 1904-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingUn mulo de la Habana 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. | Man with cart drawn by a mule.- Contributor: Jackson, William Henry
- Date: 1900-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPila de la India. Habana 1 print : color photochrom ; sheet 17 x 23 cm.- Contributor: Detroit Photographic Co.
- Date: 1900-01-01
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CollectionPhotochrom Prints Contains almost 6,000 views of Europe and the Middle East and 500 views of North America. Published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, these prints were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.- Contributor: Photoglob Co - Detroit Publishing Co
- Date: 1890
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Web PageTechnical Information Scans of prints in the Photochrom Collection have somewhat different qualities because they were made at different times. The online digital images, even at lower resolutions, play an important preservation role as surrogates that reduce handling of the original pictures. A digital image of each print displays in each bibliographic record. Clicking on this image leads to the high-quality master file and additional derivative…