Sepia-toned photo showing a head to knees image of William C. Maybury, Mayor of Detroit
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo showing a head to knees image of William C. Maybury, Mayor of Detroit. He is wearing a white shirt with a high collar and a dark-colored tie. His dark-colored suit includes a long coat with a vest. He is holding a pair of glasses in his right hand. An embossed label in the gray frame area below the image shows "C. M. Hayes & Co., Detroit" and a handwritten note shows "Description on reverse side." Handwriting on the verso shows: "Detroit, Mich., December 31, 1900. This portrait of the Mayor of Detroit, William C. Maybury, was made with a Dallmeyer Lens, on Seed Dry Plate, and a silver emulsion printing out paper called Aristo Platino, all of which are considered to be the best tools for ordinary photographic portraiture at this time. The exposure of the plate was two seconds in subdued light. The developing agent, pyrogallic acid. The paper print exposure about thirty minutes in sunlight. Toning agent, gold and platinum. Fixing solution, hypo-sulphite soda. The makers of the photograph are: C. M. Hayes & Co., Inc., Photographers 246 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. C. M. Hayes, President F. A. Goodrich, Vice-President and Treasurer Frederick H. Holt, Secretary."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Subject Topic:
- Mayors, 1901 Time Capsule, and C. M. Hayes & Co., Inc., Photographers
- Subject Name:
- Maybury, William Cotter, Hayes, C.M., Goodrich, F.A., and Holt, Frederick H.
- Format:
- Rights:
- No Copyright - United States
- URL:
- http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/photo/A19389E4-0623-45B2-A4CC-467391028017
