Michigan History: Detroit Publishing Co. - Postcards & Prints

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Presented by Don Batkins. Originally founded as the Detroit Photographic Company in 1885, it was renamed the Detroit Publishing Company (DPC) in 1905. For a time DPC was a major producer of postcards in the U.S. This talk illustrates how black & white photographs were turned into color postcards. A brief guide for dating postcards is also included. Today DPC postcards are widely collected and highly prized. The talk concludes with examples of images taken by DPC photographers.