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Old timers on the Detroit River – Vintage Wall Art

Old timers on the Detroit River, [1903?] — historic photograph
Old timers on the Detroit River, [1903?]. 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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The title "Old Timers" suggests the subject is older vessels still working the water, a common sight on the Detroit River around 1903. The strait links Lake Erie to Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron and forms the border between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, so it carried heavy lake freight traffic. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced this glass-plate negative, documented American cities, rivers and industry in this period, and the image gives a sense of the working waterfront as steam-era cargo ships moved ore, grain and coal through the region.

Created / published[1903?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 021810. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCargo ships. Rivers.United States--Michigan--Detroit River.Canada--Ontario--Detroit River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64853

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