Camp Martius Parade Detoit, Michigan, 1914 – Antique Photo Print
(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 historic image of Camp Martius Parade Detoit, Michigan, 1914 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Campus Martius, Detroit, during G.A.R. Parade, Sept. 2, 1914
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Camp Martius Parade Detoit, Michigan, 1914
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Detroit in 1914 was a river city of roughly half a million people, and its fortunes were rising fast with the automobile. Henry Ford's introduction of the five-dollar day that January drew job seekers from across the Midwest and the South, and the city's factories, foundries, and parts shops were expanding along the Detroit River and the rail lines. Camp Martius, a downtown open space named for the army post established there in 1817, was a natural gathering place for civic events in a city that was rapidly becoming the center of American manufacturing. Residents of the period knew Detroit as a place of Great Lakes shipping, streetcars, and a growing industrial workforce, and a crowd assembled in the heart of town would have reflected that confident, fast-changing city.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | miller studio (cleveland, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,289 × 1,272 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Campus Martius, Detroit, during G.A.R. Parade, Sept. 2, 1914 |
| Reference | MI Camp Martius Parade Detoit 1914 |
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