Old Belle Isle bridge
Grab
Description
Truss bridge between Detroit and Belle Isle. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on bridge. Small rowing boats and sailboat in channel. Taken from the Detroit shore of the Detroit River. Stamped on card back: "From Alvord & Co. exclusively, commercial photographers, 55 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich., ground floor." Typed on label on card back: "Old Belle Isle Bridge, destroyed by fire." Bridge burned April 1915.
Details
- Creator:
- Alvord & Co.
- Resource ID:
- DPA1817
- Subject:
- Truss bridges--Michigan--Detroit
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Boats and boating--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Cabinet photographs
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 cabinet card ; image 4.5 x 7.25 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.