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[Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Print

[Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Waterfront, 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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Step back in time with [Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Along Detroit's riverfront, this view shows a working shoreline where cargo ships tied up to handle the freight moving through one of the Great Lakes' busiest ports. The image comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed and sold views of American cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century. Its glass negatives, dated roughly between 1900 and 1910, record a period when lake shipping, carrying iron ore, coal and grain, was central to Detroit's growth as an industrial center. Scenes like this preserve how the waterfront looked before later changes reshaped it.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium6 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreG 4850
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4849
SubjectsCargo ships. Waterfronts.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71510

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