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Old Belle Isle bridge

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Description

Truss bridge between Detroit and Belle Isle. Pedestrians on bridge. Pedestrians on pier between shore and bridge. Boy swimming by pilings. Taken from the Detroit shore of the Detroit River. Handwritten on stock front: "Belle Isle Bridge c.19003 [sic]." Bridge burned April 1915.

Details

Resource ID:: DPA1818
Subject:: Truss bridges--Michigan--Detroit; Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.); Albumen prints; Photographic prints
Date:: c.1903
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 3.75 x 5 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Bridges-Belle Isle (old)
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.