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King (Ben) Collection of Detroit Publishing Company Photochrom Views
BANC PIC 2016.064
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Ben King collection of Detroit Publishing Company photochrom views
Creator:
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Creator:
Detroit Publishing Co.
Creator:
King, Ben
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2016.064
Physical Description:
approximately 360 photographs
in 1 box and 1 oversize folder
: color photolithographs
; sheets 17 x 101 cm or smaller
Date (inclusive): approximately 1895-1915
Abstract: Scenic photographic views, printed in color, of landscapes, urban locations and everyday life, taken throughout the American
West. Other regions in the United States and abroad are also represented.
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[Identification of item], Ben King collection of Detroit Publishing Company photochrom views, BANC PIC 2016.064, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Ben King Collection of Detroit Publishing Company Photochrom Views was given to The Bancroft Library by Ben King in 2016.
Numbered and arranged by the publisher's identifying number that is printed on each image. Several items lacking numbers or
with non-conforming alpha-numeric codes are at end.
In 1897 William Henry Jackson sold his photographic inventory to the Detroit Photographic Co. In 1898 he became president
of the firm. In the early 1900s the enterprise changed its name to Detroit Publishing Co.
Scenic photographic views, printed in color, of landscapes, urban locations and everyday life, taken throughout the American
West. Other regions in North America and the Caribbean are present. A significant percentage of views depict locations in
California and Colorado, with other views in Utah, New Mexico, and other Western states or territories. Non-Western views
include Mexico City, other Mexican locations, Cuba, the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia,
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and state, Niagara Falls, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Chicago,
Detroit, the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River region, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and other Canadian cities, and a few views
in central and western Canada.
Western scenes were, chiefly, photographed by William Henry Jackson. Although published in the 1890s and first decades of
the twentieth century, some of the photographs may have been taken in earlier decades. The photomechanical "photochrom" process
of the Detroit Publishing Company reproduces these monochromatic photographs in color by means of chromolithography.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
California -- Pictorial works
Colorado -- Pictorial works
Photochrom prints
Photolithographs -- Color
Photomechanical prints
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Detroit Publishing Co.