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[Picturesque Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.] – Historic Print

[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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Cows graze on the open grounds below Fort Mackinac in this view, a reminder that the island's pastures and military grounds once sat side by side. The fort stands on a bluff above the harbor, first built by the British around 1780, handed to the United States after the Revolution, and rebuilt by Americans after the War of 1812. By the time this glass negative was made, the Army had already left the post, and the island was turning toward its later role as a summer resort and state park. The Detroit Publishing Company sold views like this to travelers, which is why the scene reads as much like a postcard as a record of military life.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 4436" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036374. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCows. Forts & fortifications.United States--Michigan--Mackinac Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67869

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