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The Aquarium, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich. – Vintage Print

The Aquarium, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., c1908. — historic photograph
The Aquarium, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., c1908.. Historic photograph from the Detroit 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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This rare historic photograph captures The Aquarium, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Aquarium, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich.

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Two glass negatives of the aquarium on Belle Isle, the island park in the Detroit River, capture a building that drew city visitors to the island in the early 1900s. The aquarium opened in 1904 and was among the first public aquariums in the United States, displaying freshwater fish and other aquatic life to families who came to the park for an outing. The Detroit Publishing Company made views like these to promote the city's parks and attractions, and its images were widely sold as postcards and prints. These 8 by 10 inch plates were later donated to the State Historical Society of Colorado, which helps explain how the collection came to the Library of Congress.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30912. Negatives are close variants. Transparency is same view as D4-70319 A. I-34" on A negative; "I-35" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070319. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Aquariums.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71906

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