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River drive, Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Mich. – Vintage Wall Art

River drive, Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Mich., c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
River drive, Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Mich., c[between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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A window into the past: River drive, Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Mich., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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River drive, Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Mich.

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Pine Grove Park's river drive in Port Huron, Michigan, follows the St. Clair River, where a steady stream of lake freighters moved between Lake Huron and the industrial cities downstream. The record names a freighter called the Umbria among its subjects, so the view pairs a leisurely park road with working commercial shipping, a common mix in turn-of-the-century river towns. The Detroit Publishing Company made this glass negative sometime between about 1900 and 1910, when it produced many views of American towns, parks and waterways for sale to travelers and publishers. The large 8 by 10 inch plate would have recorded fine detail in both the riverbank and the ship.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 5931" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071416. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUmbria (Freighter) Rivers. Cargo ships. Parks.United States--Michigan--Port Huron.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72765

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