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Lily pond, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich. – Vintage Print

Lily pond, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Lily pond, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., c[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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This historic photograph of Lily pond, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Lily pond, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich.

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Belle Isle, the island park in the Detroit River, is the setting here, and the lily pond on it is the focus of this 8 x 10 inch glass negative. The Detroit Publishing Company, which operated from the 1890s into the 1920s, produced many views of American parks and resorts, and this one was likely made between 1900 and 1910, when Belle Isle was becoming a showpiece of the city's park system. Designed landscapes like this pond, with water plants and paths for strollers, reflected a popular belief that well-kept public grounds offered urban residents restful, healthful escape. The negative's catalog number and the later transparency copies show how the company circulated its images to buyers.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30945. Transparency image laterally reversed on videodisc. Tape on glass side of transparency. No. 123 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071187. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLily ponds. Parks.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72567

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