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Vintage Old YPSILANTI TRAIN DEPOT photo print
Vintage Old YPSILANTI TRAIN DEPOT photo print
Photo #1101
(Use this photo number when ordering)
by Jan Kaulins


VINTAGE OLD YPSILANTI TRAIN DEPOT STATION ca. 1900 photo picture print photograph for sale. Ypsilanti's first depot, built around 1838, was said to be a simple wood frame structure that sat south of the tracks in the vicinity of the present freight house. The structure was removed to make way for a new three-story brick structure which was completed in 1860. This rare Ypsilanti Michigan Central Depot Station photo picture print for sale is of this structure, circa 1900. In 1910, a disastrous fire swept through the depot, destroying the entire third story which provided living quarters for the station agent and his family. Later that year, the depot was rebuilt into a one and 1/2 story configuration. Tragedy struck once again on August 10, 1939 when a westbound Michigan Central freight train derailed, causing further damage to the structure and yet another rebuilding. In the process, the depot lost its tower and baggage room vestibule, resulting in a rather spartan-appearing trackside facade--nothing compared to the wonderful architectural OLD YPSILANTI TRAIN STATION DEPOT structure seen in this rare photo print for sale. This old Ypsilanti Train Depot was the site of greenhouses which supplied other Michigan Central stations with flowers and plants from its beautiful tended gardens. We can even see a spraying water hose on the grass making sure the gardens were well tended to.
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THESE BLACK AND WHITE OLD VINTAGE ANN ARBOR PHOTO ART PRINTS FOR SALE ARE HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS MADE FROM ORIGINAL OLD VINTAGE HISTORICAL ANN ARBOR FIRST GENERATION PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS OR ORIGINAL NEGATIVES. THESE SEPIA TONED OLD VINTAGE ANN ARBOR BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO PICTURE PRINTS FOR SALE ARE OFFERED HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THE RARE OLD ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVES USED FOR THESE PRINTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO PUT THESE RARE OFFERINGS TOGETHER.

AS WELL AS THIS VINTAGE OLD ANN ARBOR MI PHOTO SERIES, I ALSO OFFER AN EVEN LARGER OLD HISTORICAL VINTAGE DETROIT PHOTO SERIES WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON MY WEBSITE AT www.OldDetroitPhotos.com

MANY OF THESE PHOTOS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM OLD DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARCHIVES, WHERE THEY WERE USED ONCE FOR A STORY. THEN USUALLY JUST THIS ONE OR TWO REFERENCE ORIGINAL PRINTS WERE MADE AND KEPT FOR THEIR ARCHIVES. HENCE, THESE HISTORICAL IMAGES WERE NOT ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE FOR SALE, BUT WERE TO BE USED AS IMAGES FOR NEWS STORIES AS THEY UNFOLDED--MAKING THESE IMAGES EXTREMELY RARE HAVING SURVIVED SO MANY YEARS. MANY OF THE REPRODUCED HISTORICAL OLD VINTAGE ANN ARBOR PHOTOS PICTURE PRINTS FOR SALE SHOWN HERE ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD. VERY FEW OF THESE IMAGES HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

THE ORIGINAL OLD ANN ARBOR BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN DIGITALLY RE-MASTERED AND MAJOR FLAWS, SUCH AS TEARS, SRACTCHES, MISSING PIECES, FOLDS, INK STAINS ETC. ON THESE RARE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED AND CORRECTED AND HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF THESE HISTORIC RARE DETROIT AND ANN ARBOR BLACK AND WHITE SEPIA TONED PHOTOS ARE NOW OFFERED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ON THIS WEBSITE. THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL RESTORED AND ARTISTICALLY SEPIA TONED AND OFFERED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF INDIVIDUALLY PRINTED PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. THEY ARE READY FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN AND ENJOY SOME VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE DETROIT AND ANN ARBOR HISTORY.
 

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