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The Early Years:
On December 17, 1895, the Photochrom Company of Detroit filed incorporation papers with the State of Michigan. Although officially maintaining the Photochrom Company name, the company was known as the Detroit Photographic Company from 1898 until 1906 when it went by the name of the Detroit Publishing Company.

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At its height, the Detroit Publishing Company employed a dozen salesmen and sold seven million prints a year. It had offices in Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles.

Staff in front of the company’s retail outlet at 229 5th Avenue, New York City, about 1903. Image courtesy of David V. Tinder.

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Image of Staff in front of the company’s retail outlet
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