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[Rio Vista, Grosse Ile, Mich.] – Historic Print

[Rio Vista, Grosse Ile, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Rio Vista, Grosse Ile, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Rio Vista, Grosse Ile, Mich.]

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The view is of Rio Vista on Grosse Ile, the largest island in the Detroit River, a short distance downriver from the city. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country around 1900 and sold the views as postcards and prints, made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1910. At that time Grosse Ile was a mix of farmland and riverside homes, and its dwellings reflect the country retreats that drew Detroit families to the water. The plate reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 56 C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042895. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDwellings.United States--Michigan--Grosse Ile.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69920

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