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An organ grinder in the Italian quarter

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Postcard shows people gathered around an organ grinder playing a street organ, probably in New York City.

7257 U.S. Copyright Office.

Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co.

No. 5691.

Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c16

Italian Americans. Ethnographic Photographs from Library of Congress.

The Detroit Publishing Company was started by publisher William A. Livingstone and photographer Edwin H. Husher. ln 1905 that the company called itself the Detroit Publishing Company. The best-known photographer for the company was William Henry Jackson, who joined the company in 1897. The company acquired exclusive rights to use a form of photography processing called Photochrom. Photochrom allowed for the company to mass-market postcards and other materials in color. We at GetArchive are admirers of their exceptional high-resolution scans of glass negatives collection from the Library of Congress. By the time of World War I, the company faced declining sales both due to the war economy and the competition from cheaper, more advanced printing methods. The company declared bankruptcy in 1924 and was liquidated in 1932.

The City History Collection. Predominantly Manhattan Views.

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01/01/1902
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Italian Americans

Italian Americans. Ethnographic Photographs.

Detroit Publishing Company

The Company is best known as publisher of photochrom color postcards.

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Assorted New York Collection.
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