Pink mount. View of soldiers in formation with crowd of people across from them and buildings in background. Printed on stereocard back: "Photographic sketches in and about the city of Detroit consisting of street and marine views, public buildings, churches, monumental and other objects of interest, photographed and published by." Typed on back: "Presentation of colors to the 1st Michigan Infantry on their departure, May 11, 1861, ceremony on the Campus Martius, Andrew's Railroad Hotel in the center background (site of the later Detroit Opera House)." Handwritten on back: "Detroit history, Civil War, glass negative 354, photographer: Jex Bardwell, property of Silas Farmer, Detroit, Mich."
