View of Belle Isle
Grab
Description
Photo taken from river, showing forested shore line of Belle Isle. Small canoe docked in background. Handwritten on back: "End of Hog Island facing Lake St. Clair in 1869." Handwritten on back of duplicate: "Photographer F.J. Stevenson, c.1866; F.J. Stevenson was an expert amateur photographer and took many pictures of Belle Isle in 1866 before the country was civilized and spoiled!"
Details
- Creator:
- Stevenson, Frederick James, 1835-1926
- Resource ID:
- DPA3611
- Subject:
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Photographers--England--London
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1866-1869
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 3.75 x 5.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Belle Isle
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.