The Detroit Publishing Co. photographs of Gulfport in 1906
The Detroit Photographic Company was launched as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s and produced color postcards, prints, and albums. The photographs were made with a field camera on 8x10 glass plates. The firm was known as the Detroit Photographic Co. until 1905 when it became the Detroit Publishing Company. With the declining sale of photographs and postcards during World War I, and the introduction of new and cheaper printing methods used by competing firms, the Detroit Publishing Company went into receivership in 1924. They liquidated their assets in 1932. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/background.html
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection, LC-D4 15500
Gulfport Harbor in 1906 photographed by Detroit Publishing, a postcard company. Click here for a closer look.
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection, LC-D4 15500
Schooners loading lumber and navel stores at the port of Gulfport in 1906.
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection, LC-D4 15500
The Steamer Eastlands and the sailing vessel Pasquale Lauro in the port of Gulfport in 1906.
Both ships were sunk by German U-boats during WWI (1916-18).
Both ships were sunk by German U-boats during WWI (1916-18).
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection, LC-D4 15500
Loading yellow pine lumber aboard a steamer in The port of Gulfport in 1906. The Great Southern Hotel can be seen in the background.
The Detroit Publishing Company was one of the largest publishers of postcards during the rise in popularity at the turn of the 20th century.
The company obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss "Photochrom" process, a photomechanical technique that used lithographic stones to convert black-and-white prints to color. The process allowed the company to mass-produce color postcards, prints and albums that were of unusually high quality.
The company obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss "Photochrom" process, a photomechanical technique that used lithographic stones to convert black-and-white prints to color. The process allowed the company to mass-produce color postcards, prints and albums that were of unusually high quality.
