Public Library in Portland, Maine Size:11x14

Public Library in Portland, Maine Size:11x14This photograph of a public library in Portland, Maine, was taken sometime between 1890 and 1901. The photo shows the front of the building, with ivy growing over the stone facade. The building served as Portland's downtown library for 90 years, until the library moved into a new building in 1979. A few years later, the building was acquired by the Maine College of Art. Today, the building is a local historic landmark and houses office spaces. The

where Wilbur Wright instructed military officers in flying the government's first airplane

this vintage image captures a quiet moment in Detroit's Water Works Park

Both print surfaces are rated to last over 100 years without fading

Captured in 1905

As the building itself no longer exists

Working from a digital scan of the orginal glass negative

it was decommissioned and recommissioned many times

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We've based our available size options on the proportions of the original photo

The photograph was made in 1900 with a dry plate negative

in much the same way that our digital restoration process makes vintage photographs new again