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[Landing of Cadillac's wife in Detroit] – Vintage Print

[Landing of Cadillac's wife in Detroit], c1921. — historic photograph
[Landing of Cadillac's wife in Detroit], c1921.. 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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[Landing of Cadillac's wife in Detroit] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Rather than a view of the river or the streets, this picture shows a moment of arrival: the landing of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac's wife at the settlement he founded on the Detroit River in 1701. The photograph reproduces a painting by Gari Melchers, so what it records is the artist's staging of the scene rather than the event itself. Cadillac's wife, Marie-Thérèse, joined him at the post after its founding, and the story became a popular way to picture the city's French origins. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many views of the city, produced this reproduction around 1921.

Created / publishedc1921.
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 14 x 11 in.
NotesTitle from jacket. Negatives are close variants. Photograph of a painting signed Gari Melchers
SubjectsCadillac, Antoine de la Mothe,--1656 (ca.)-1730. Spouses. Arrivals & departures.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan785 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77990

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