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Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich. – Vintage Print

Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich., c1905. — historic photograph
Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich., c1905.. 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 Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.

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Grand Circus Park sits at the heart of downtown Detroit, laid out as a formal public green where several major avenues meet in a wide circle of lawns and trees. This c1905 glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, the firm that produced a vast photographic survey of American cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century, and it captures the park as a showcase for a city then growing rapidly on the strength of its manufacturing. Parks of this kind were central to the City Beautiful planning ideas popular at the time, which treated well-ordered greenery and grand open spaces as signs of civic pride. The 8 x 10 inch plate also preserves the detail and tonal range that made the company's large-format work prized by collectors and researchers.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30384. G 2131" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018756. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62252

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