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[Detroit River scene, North Land] – Historic Print

[Detroit River scene, North Land], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Detroit River scene, North Land], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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 [Detroit River scene, North Land], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Two vessels from different eras share this view of the Detroit River: the steamship North Land and the sailing ship Three Brothers. The river forms the boundary between Michigan and Ontario, and in the early 1900s it carried a steady flow of steamers and freighters alongside older sailing craft. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1915, produced many waterfront scenes for travel promotion, so the picture also shows how the river was presented to visitors of the period.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042014. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsNorth Land (Steamship) Three Brothers (Sailing ship) Ships. Sailing ships. Rivers.United States--Michigan--Detroit River.Canada--Ontario--Detroit River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69449

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