Detroit Publishing Co.

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Dates:
Active 1921
Active 1938

Biographical notes:

Founded in the 1890s by Edwin H. Husher and William A. Livingstone, Jr., the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the largest image publishers in the world, producing prints, postcards, lantern slides and advertisements. Famed landscape photographer William Henry Jackson became a partner in the company in 1905.

From the description of Detroit Publishing Company Collection [graphic]. ca. 1885-1905. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 479745155

The Detroit Publishing Co. was founded in 1905 through a merger of the Detroit Photographic Co. and Photochrom Co. The company declared bankruptcy in 1924 and was liquidated in 1932.

From the description of Detroit Publishing Co. photographs and postcard of the West, circa 1890s-1930s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367868947

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Subjects:

  • Canyons
  • Dwellings
  • Historic sites
  • Indians of North America
  • Labor
  • Landscape photography
  • Mines and mineral resources
  • Mountain life
  • Mountains
  • Streets
  • Tents
  • Wooden-frame buildings
  • Working class

Occupations:

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Places:

  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Yellowstone National Park (as recorded)
  • Grand Canyon (Ariz.) (as recorded)
  • Colorado--Mineral County (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Creede (Colo.) (as recorded)
  • Havana (Cuba) (as recorded)
  • Canada (as recorded)
  • Colorado--Creede (as recorded)