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Water parade, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich. – Antique Print

Water parade, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., c1908. — historic photograph
Water parade, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., c1908.. 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 Water parade, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Water parade, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich.

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Boats fill the water in this view of a parade on the canal at Belle Isle, the island park in the Detroit River that the city had developed as a public green space by the early 1900s. The image survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative, a format that gave early photographers sharp detail across large scenes. It came from the Detroit Publishing Company, which issued thousands of views of American cities and landscapes around 1900 to 1910. Naval parades and ceremonial water events drew large crowds to the island, so the photograph captures a popular civic occasion as well as a view of the park's waterways.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 5093" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070768. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Canals. Boats. Naval parades & ceremonies.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72330

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