
Baltimore circa 1903. “Confederate Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Mount Royal Avenue.” Sculptor Frederic Ruckstull’s allegorical bronze “Spirit of the Confederacy,” whose Latin inscription means “Glory to the Vanquished.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

What sorcery within a night has made
a city street into a fairy glade?
Detroit circa 1907. The normally prosaic Detroit Publishing caption writers got creative on this one. Added attraction: whimsical mailbox graffito. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.