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[Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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[Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

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Belle Isle, an island park in the Detroit River, was a favorite summer destination for the city's residents, and this view shows the Detroit Boat Club on its shore with a motorboat tied up nearby. Boat clubs of this kind were part of a broader turn-of-the-century habit of spending leisure time on the water, whether rowing, sailing, or, as here, running newer gasoline-powered launches. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass-plate negative between 1900 and 1910, documented many such scenes of American cities and resorts for sale to tourists and publishers. The mix of clubhouse, lawn, and motorboat offers a useful glimpse of how recreation on the river was changing.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Includes motorboat. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033864. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsClubhouses. Parks. Boat clubs.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67021

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