Aquarium and Horticultural Building on Belle Isle
View at an angle of Belle Isle Aquarium and adjoining Horticultural Hall. Woman and two children stand on path leading to Aquarium; three drinking fountains on small platforms on both sides of path. Printed on front: "Aquarium and Horticultural Hall, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "1391, Aquarium and Horticultural Hall, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 miles of macadam roads, a magnificent casino, pavilions, boat houses, aquarium, horticultural hall and zoological gardens. The Island was purchased by Detroit in 1879 and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it."
- Resource ID:
- bh002933
- Subject:
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Conservatories--Michigan--Detroit
- Greenhouses--Michigan--Detroit
- Aquariums, Public--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Belle Isle-Aquarium
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.