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[Civil War monument and Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich.] – Antique Print

[Civil War monument and Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Civil War monument and Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich.], [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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[Civil War monument and Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich.]

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The view centers on the Civil War monument in Campus Martius, the open downtown square in Detroit, with the Majestic Building filling the left edge of the frame. The monument was raised after the war to honor local soldiers and sailors, and it became a focal point for ceremonies and gatherings in the city's core. This is a dry plate glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century. Its catalog date falls between 1900 and 1915, a period when streetcars, commercial blocks, and public squares were changing the look of downtown Detroit.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Reproductions.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Majestic Building at left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 061086. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsPlazas. Commercial facilities. Monuments & memorials. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 685 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76928

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