Lighthouse and log cabin at Palmer Park
Grab
Description
View of lighthouse on small island on lake at Palmer Park; log cabin on opposite shore. Group of swans swim in lake in foreground. Printed on front: "Log cabin and light house, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich., P-1359." Printed on back: "1359, Log cabin and light house, Palmer Park. Built on land donated to the city by ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer in 1893, and situated north of the city at the extreme terminal of the Woodward Ave. car line, is one of the city's favorite breathing spots. Its center piece is a log cabin which is an exact reproduction of the home in which Senator Palmer resided when Detroit was little more than a trading post. The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York, Printed in U.S.A."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh004642
- Subject:
- Lighthouses--Michigan--Detroit
- Log cabins--Michigan--Detroit
- Parks--Michigan--Detroit
- Lakes--Michigan--Detroit
- Palmer, Thomas W. (Thomas Witherell), 1830-1913--Homes and haunts--Michigan--Detroit
- Palmer Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- Valentine-Souvenir Co.
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Palmer park
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.