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River front, Saginaw, [Michigan] – Historic Print

River front, Saginaw, [Michigan], c[between 1915 and 1925] — historic photograph
River front, Saginaw, [Michigan], c[between 1915 and 1925]. 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 front, Saginaw, [Michigan], 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 front, Saginaw, [Michigan]

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The Saginaw River and its bridges anchor this view of the city's riverfront in east-central Michigan. Saginaw grew rich on lumber in the late nineteenth century, when logs floated down the river to sawmills and the finished boards shipped out by rail and boat, so the waterfront was the center of that trade. The picture survives as a 5 by 7 inch glass negative, dated roughly between 1915 and 1925, when Detroit Publishing Company photographers were documenting American towns and landscapes for commercial distribution. The bridges and waterfront show how closely the city's commerce depended on the river.

Created / publishedc[between 1915 and 1925]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesB.E. 132" and "Set IV" on label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 2200 F. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers. Bridges.United States--Michigan--Saginaw.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 683 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77211

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