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Native American Man and Woman, Puget Sound, Washington, circa 1905

THF301378 / Native American Man and Woman, Puget Sound, Washington, circa 1905
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Artifact Overview

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1905

Creator Notes

Photograph by S. W. Mattison for the Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.09268

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

Written in pencil on verso: Puget Sound Indians at home. 09268 C WJ[?]
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