Belle Isle steamer "Pleasure"
Grab
Description
View of the steamer "Pleasure" at Belle Isle's Woodward Avenue docks. Signs read "Belle Isle park steamers" and "Moonlight to-night, steamer Columbia, 8:30 to 1:30. 1924." Printed on front: "Belle Isle steamer, Woodward Ave. landing, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Belle Isle pleasure boat. A favorite method of access to Belle Isle, Detroit's principal pleasure ground, is by steamer, and boats leave regularly from convenient wharves, for the big pier at 'The Island.' The scene shows one of the large steamers of the Detroit Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co., leaving the foot of Woodward Avenue for Belle Isle, band playing and picknickers thronging the decks."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh000134
- Subject:
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Steamboats--Michigan--Detroit
- Columbia (Ship : 1902- )
- Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.)
- Excursion boats--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/River-Ferries
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.