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Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture – Vintage Wall Art

Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture, [ca. 1900] — historic print
Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture, [ca. 1900]. Historic print from the Mackinac Island 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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Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Fort Mackinac sits on a bluff above the harbor of Mackinac Island in the Straits of Mackinac, and this view was taken from the open pasture that lay below its walls, so the stone works appear framed by grass rather than the town. The print is a photochrom, a process that transferred hand-colored tones onto a photograph, and it comes from the Detroit Publishing Company's catalog of scenic views made for tourists arriving by steamer. British and then American garrisons held the fort through the 1800s, and by around 1900 its role as a military post had faded, leaving it a popular destination for visitors touring the island.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
GenrePhotochrom prints Color.
NotesIn album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51214. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
SubjectsForts & fortifications.United States--Michigan--Mackinac Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan528 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-78886

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