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Horse-drawn vehicles on Main Street, Mackinac Island, Michigan – Vintage Wall Art

Horse-drawn vehicles on Main Street, Mackinac Island, Michigan, [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
Horse-drawn vehicles on Main Street, Mackinac Island, Michigan, [between 1890 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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This rare historic photograph captures Horse-drawn vehicles on Main Street, Mackinac Island, Michigan in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Horse-drawn vehicles on Main Street, Mackinac Island, Michigan

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Mackinac Island in Michigan's Straits region stands out for a rule that few other American towns have ever kept: no automobiles. In the years between 1890 and 1910, the island's Main Street was a working thoroughfare of horse-drawn carriages, wagons and delivery carts, and this print records that traffic at the moment the island was known for its resort hotels and summer visitors arriving by steamboat. Because the record gives no photographer, the picture is best read as a window on everyday island life before the motorcar arrived in the twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1910.
NotesNo. 1123.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Michigan--Mackinac Island--1890-1910. Carriages & coaches--Michigan--Mackinac Island--1890-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,018 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161104

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