Canal on Belle Isle
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Description
View of man and two women in a canoe on Belle Isle Canal; banks are lined with trees. Printed on front: "12083, A shady canal, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. Copyright 1908 by Detroit Publishing Co." Printed on back: "Phostint card, made only by Detroit Publishing Co." Handwritten on back: "6/21/09. Well Brother old man how is everything going along? It is awfully warm here today and it makes a person feel lazy coming on so hot all of a sudden. Mother is going back to Hall's today and stay until we leave for Cleveland. We expect to leave for Cleveland Thursday morning. I will get thru with my lessons Wednesday. E.A.S." Card is postmarked June 21, 1909.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh004494
- Subject:
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Canals--Michigan--Detroit
- Canoes and canoeing--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date:
- 1908
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Belle Isle-Canals
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.