Auction houses on Michigan Avenue
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Description
View of auction houses including the Michigan Ave. Auction Room, Cheap John's Auction Room, and [?] Auction & Commision Rooms, with horse-drawn vehicles in the street. Two men standing. Also have print from negative. Handwritten on albumen print mat back: "Site of City Hall, Michigan Ave. side. Original photograph taken by Jex Bardwell. See: Detroit News. Dec. 29, 1907. Illustrated magazine section, p.6-7." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Buildings-City hall-Site." Emulsion is pulling away from glass negative. Spots on print, pin-holes on mat.
Details
- Creator:
- Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
- Resource ID:
- EB02d100
- Subject:
- Auctions--Michigan--Detroit
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- 1907-12
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Buildings-City Hall, 1871-Site
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 348
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.