This is is a nice collection of tinted photochromic from the dawn of the 19th century hiding away in the Beinecke rare books and manuscript library. Published by the Detroit Photographic (which no longer exists), the firm’s photographers traveled the country snapping the sights of North America to be printed on postcards and sold to the public.
Ocklawaha River, Florida, 1902
Gold’s Curio Store, Santa Fe, New Mexico, circa 1897.
Pulpit Terraces from Yellowstone National Park circa 1898. They may have changed names to the Travertine terraces.
Glacier Point and South Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1898
The Lobby, Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone Park, ca 1897, still open.
Navaho Woman Weaving a Blanket, 1902
Interior of Corridors, Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1906.
Old Caretaker at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1897
California grapefruit, 1902
The Arcade, Cleveland, 1901.
Glen Afton Spring, near Pen Mar Park, 1903.
The Old South Church, Boston, 1900. The second oldest church building in Boston, built in 1729.
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