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[Detroit, Mich., Conservatory, Belle Isle Park] – Antique Wall Art

[Detroit, Mich., Conservatory, Belle Isle Park], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Detroit, Mich., Conservatory, Belle Isle Park], [between 1890 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., Conservatory, Belle Isle Park] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Detroit, Mich., Conservatory, Belle Isle Park]

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This 8-by-10-inch glass negative shows the Belle Isle Conservatory, a glasshouse in the Belle Isle park, an island in the Detroit River that the city had developed as a public park since the 1880s. The conservatory was built to hold tropical and seasonal plants for the park's visitors and gardens, and its glass dome and greenhouse wings made it a landmark of the city's parkland. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American cities and sold views as postcards and souvenir books in the early 1900s, so the negative records how the city presented its public spaces to residents and tourists alike.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. I-15" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034825. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBelle Isle Conservatory (Detroit, Mich.) Parks. Greenhouses.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67632

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