Old Antique circa 1900 - 50126. Kingston Ontario From Old Fort Henry. Colour Paorama Photochrom Print.

Old Antique circa 1900 - 50126. Kingston Ontario From Old Fort Henry. Colour Paorama Photochrom Print. Detroit Photographic Co., no. 50126. See Detroit Photographic Co. and early colour photography history - Photochrom. Visible image area measures Approx. 16" wide x 6 1/2" tall. Frame Measures 20 1/2" wide x 11" tall. Jackson was a pioneer in using mammoth-sized cameras (up to 20 x 24 inches) to create large-format glass plate negatives of the North American landscape. He documented sites such as Yellowstone National Park, the American Southwest, and areas along various railroad lines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "Library of Congress : Mammoth Plate Photographs : This group of mammoth plate negatives and photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company includes over 600 glass negatives and transparencies and more than 300 photographic prints. The images are a rich source of documentation for the study of the North American landscape and include photographs taken by William Henry Jackson along several railroad lines in the United States and Mexico in the 1880s and 1890s; views of Western states, including images of California and of Hopi people with their crafts; Jackson's photographs commissioned by the state of Wyoming in 1892 for display at the World's Columbian Exposition." Pickup category timeslot {A}