Detroit skyline – Historic Print
(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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Detroit skyline comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Across the Detroit River, the rooftops of Windsor, Ontario, form the foreground of this view, with the towers of downtown Detroit rising beyond them. Boats on the water show how the river served as a working commercial route as well as a border between the two countries. The photograph was registered for copyright on December 12, 1929, near the peak of Detroit's skyscraper boom, when automobile wealth was reshaping the city's center almost year by year.
| Created / published | c1929. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Cityscape photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Title from item. Copyright Dec. 12, 1929. |
| Subjects | Cities & town--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. Skyscrapers--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. Boats--Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.)--1920-1930. Roofs--Canada--Windsor--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,768 × 2,867 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178869 |
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