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[Miami, Fla., fish docks along the Miami] – Vintage Wall Art

[Miami, Fla., fish docks along the Miami], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Miami, Fla., fish docks along the Miami], [between 1900 and 1920]. 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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Step back in time with [Miami, Fla., fish docks along the Miami], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Fish docks lined the Miami River in Miami, Florida, where fishing boats unloaded their catch for sale in the years before the city became a major resort destination. The Miami River had long served as a working waterway, and Miami was growing quickly after Henry Flagler's railroad reached the settlement in 1896. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this large glass negative between 1900 and 1920, sent photographers across the country to document towns, rail lines and waterfronts for travel promotion. The picture is a useful record of the dockside commercial life that existed alongside the city's early tourism.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7697" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0500046. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPiers & wharves. Rivers. Fishing industry.United States--Florida--Miami.United States--Florida--Miami River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74480

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