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[Detroit, Mich., water parade, Belle Isle] – Historic Print

[Detroit, Mich., water parade, Belle Isle], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Detroit, Mich., water parade, Belle Isle], [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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[Detroit, Mich., water parade, Belle Isle]

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The subject here is a water parade on Belle Isle, the island park in the Detroit River that the city developed in the late nineteenth century with landscape design influenced by Frederick Law Olmsted's firm. Parades of decorated boats were a popular summer diversion for Detroiters, drawing crowds to the shoreline and the lagoons. This negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm whose photographers documented American cities and resorts for postcards and printed views around 1900. Its large 8 by 10 inch glass plate gives unusual detail of the crowds, vessels, and waterfront setting.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5091" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036506. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParades & processions. Boats. Parks. Lakes & ponds.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67982

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