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[Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich.], [1906?] — historic photograph
[Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich.], [1906?]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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 [Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich.] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich.]

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Three glass negatives, joined into one wide view, show the Great Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, Michigan, a shipbuilding yard on the Detroit River just south of Detroit, with snow covering the grounds. The yard built steel vessels for Great Lakes shipping, and the panoramic format conveys the sheer length of its waterfront and the industrial facilities that lined it. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this view, was known for its photographs of American towns, landscapes and industry around the turn of the twentieth century. The record dates the image only tentatively, to about 1906.

Created / published[1906?]
Medium3 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePanoramic photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-21303, 21302, 21301. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 047038. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsSnow. Boat & ship industry. Industrial facilities.United States--Michigan--Ecorse.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70679

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