Riverfront Detroit, Michigan, 1908 – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Riverfront Detroit, Michigan, 1908, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: [Riverfront panorama]
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Riverfront Detroit, Michigan, 1908
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Detroit sat along the Detroit River in 1908, and its waterfront served a city that was growing quickly. Lake freighters, grain and ore carriers, and passenger steamers worked the docks, while ferries carried riders across the river toward Windsor, Ontario. That autumn the Ford Motor Company introduced the Model T, and the automobile trade was beginning to reshape the city's economy and draw workers from across Michigan and abroad. Rail lines linking Detroit to Chicago and the East moved goods through the same riverfront district. Residents knew their city as a center of shipping and manufacturing, and the river gave it both its commerce and its identity.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | peninsular engraving co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,049 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Riverfront panorama] |
| Reference | MI Riverfront Detroit 1908 |
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