History
The Detroit Publishing Company was started by publisher William A. Livingstone and photographer Edwin H. Husher in the late 19th-century. It wasn't until 1905 that the company called itself the Detroit Publishing Company.
The company acquired exclusive rights to use a form of photography processing called Photochrom. Photochrom allowed for the company to mass market postcards and other materials in color. Their products were sold in the United States. Around 1899, they published "Views of People and Sites in Algeria."
By the time of World War I, the company faced declining sales both due to the war economy and the competition from cheaper, more advanced printing methods. The company declared bankruptcy in 1924 and was liquidated in 1932.
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