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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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In
1896 founder Edwin H. Husher obtained the rights to a Swiss-patented
lithographic method of converting black and white photographs
into color lithographs, known as “Photochrom.”
This process enabled the company to produce color
lithographs of unrivaled quality. The inside cover
of this pocket watch commemorates the agreement between
Paul F. Wild of the Photoglob Company and Edwin H. Husher.
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the Watch Face (may be larger than 50K) |
Accession
ID # 2002.98.1
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Object description:
Triple date moonphase quarter hour repeater chronograph
with a slide repeater in a hunters case, 14 carat gold,
larger than 18-size (about 2-1/4 inches diameter).
Pocket
watch inscription reads: In Memory of the Introduction of
the Photochrom Process in the U.S. of America 9 March 1896
Paul F. Wild in Zurich Erects this Monument to his Friend
E. H. Husher in Detroit. |
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Copyright
© 2002
The Henry Ford Last
Updated:
11/17/2008
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