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Fort Mackinac from Fort Holmes – Vintage Wall Art

Fort Mackinac from Fort Holmes, [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Fort Mackinac from Fort Holmes, [between 1900 and 1905]. Historic photograph 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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Step back in time with Fort Mackinac from Fort Holmes, 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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Fort Mackinac from Fort Holmes

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Taken from the heights of Fort Holmes, this view looks down on Fort Mackinac, which guards the harbor of Mackinac Island in northern Michigan. British forces built the original post in the early 1780s, and it passed to the United States after the Revolution. It changed hands again during the War of 1812, when the British captured it and held it until the peace. By the time this glass negative was made, around 1900 to 1905, the island had become a popular summer resort, and the Detroit Publishing Company was recording scenic places like this across the country.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes221" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042444. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsForts & fortifications. Forests. Islands.United States--Michigan--Mackinac Island.United States--Michigan--Mackinac Island (Island)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69654

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