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Detroit River front – Historic Print

Detroit River front, c1898. — historic photograph
Detroit River front, c1898.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Detroit River front. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Taken around 1898, this panoramic view follows the Detroit River waterfront across a long glass negative measuring 7 by 21 inches. It comes from the Detroit Photographic Company, later renamed the Detroit Publishing Company, which issued numbered views of American cities and scenery in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The river was the city's commercial lifeline, carrying freight and passenger steamers between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, so a waterfront scene from this period records the working harbor that fueled Detroit's growth. The wide format is worth noticing, since it lets the viewer take in the full sweep of docks and shipping at once.

Created / publishedc1898.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 7 x 21 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesCopyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01992. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers.United States--Michigan--Detroit.United States--Michigan--Detroit River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 440 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-80265

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