Shorpy shows Woodward Ave., 1907

[jcole]

Here's a large watermark from the Woodward photo. Note the higher contrast indicated by the red arrows on parts of the "O" and "Y" of "SHORPY."

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It's so faint it's no wonder it's hard to see.

What's curious is when I try to copy & paste just the "O" alone from a screenshot in MSPaint, I consistently get an "Error getting the clipboard data!" error. I can copy & paste other parts of the photo without error. I wonder if this is some kind of copyright protection feature?

I can't find a visible watermark on jcole's photo.

Jimaz,I do it now; I still don't see it in the other one though. I wonder if he only does it to ones he posts to Facebook or something.
I don't know why he would have a copyright; these belong to the Library of Congress
Going back to the OP's photo, it's not actually library of Congress so maybe Dave did buy it.