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Floral clock, Water [Works] Park, Detroit, Mich. – Antique Print

Floral clock, Water [Works] Park, Detroit, Mich., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Floral clock, Water [Works] Park, Detroit, Mich., [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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Step back in time with Floral clock, Water [Works] Park, Detroit, Mich., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Floral clock, Water [Works] Park, Detroit, Mich.

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A floral clock set into the flower beds of Water Works Park gives this view its particular interest: a timepiece built from living plants, with its hands and numerals laid out in bedding flowers. Public floral clocks like this were a popular feature of turn-of-the-century parks, where gardeners changed the planting by season and the display doubled as both a landmark and a horticultural showcase. The Detroit Publishing Company, which documented American cities and landscapes in this period, made the image on a large glass plate negative, so the sharp detail of the flowers and clock face survives.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 5961" and "039086" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071467. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsClocks & watches. Parks. Flowers.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72806

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