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[View of Belle Isle Bridge in Detroit, taken from East Jefferson Avenue and looking toward Belle Isle] – Vintage Photo Print

[View of Belle Isle Bridge in Detroit, taken from East Jefferson Avenue and looking toward Belle Isle], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[View of Belle Isle Bridge in Detroit, taken from East Jefferson Avenue and looking toward Belle Isle], [between 1900 and 1920]. 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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[View of Belle Isle Bridge in Detroit, taken from East Jefferson Avenue and looking toward Belle Isle]

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Belle Isle, the island park in the Detroit River, was reached from the city by a bridge that rose from East Jefferson Avenue, and this glass negative was made from that avenue looking out toward the island. The view records the approach to the bridge and the streets that led Detroiters to the park. Belle Isle was laid out as a public park in the late nineteenth century, so the bridge was the main link between the city and its green space. The Detroit Publishing Company, which documented many city scenes in these years, produced pictures like this one.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. B 294" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75240

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