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[Picturesque Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Picturesque Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Picturesque Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Fort Mackinac sits on a limestone bluff above the harbor of Mackinac Island in northern Lake Huron, a position that made it strategically valuable long before tourists arrived. The British built the fort in the early 1780s, and it changed hands several times before the U.S. Army garrisoned it through the 19th century. The Army left in 1895, and the island became a state park, so by the years this negative was made, the old garrison was drawing visitors who came to see its stone walls and views. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced many such views of American landmarks for travelers, made this glass negative as part of that trade.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4434" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036372. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsForts & fortifications.United States--Michigan--Mackinac Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67867

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