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Description
The Detroit Publishing Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1880s. The firm obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market Album of color printed postcards Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Cover title [Detroit, Mich.], Detroit Publishing Co. 71655. Puente Cabrillo and California Building -- 71659. California Building, looking west on Prado -- 71648. Foreign Arts and Commerce Buildings from Laguna de Las Flores -- 71657. Pigeons on the Plaza de Panama, in front of Sacramento Valley Building -- 71658. Tower and campanile, Indian Arts Building -- 71653. Varied Industries Building from Laguna de Las Flores -- 71652. The Prado looking west -- 71654. Organ and music pavillion, gift of John D. Spreckels -- 71656. Looking west in front of Botanical Building
Type
image
Format
1 album ([10] postcards) : color ; 14 x 21 cm
Form/Genre
Pictorial works
Language
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Subject
Panama-California Exposition Pictorial works San Diego (California)
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