Camping on Belle Isle
Grab
Description
Photo taken from river, showing small camping tent pitched on shore of Belle Isle, rubber raft at water edge. Man with mosquito netting hat sits nearby. Handwritten on back: "Camp of A.C. Bowman, F.J. Stevenson, Bert Campau on Hog Island in 1869; for early use of rubber boats, see The Beaver, Spring, 1955, p. 46-51." Handwritten on back of duplicate: "Taken by F.J. Stevenson."
Details
- Creator:
- Stevenson, Frederick James, 1835-1926
- Resource ID:
- DPA3610
- Subject:
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Camping--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--England--London
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1869
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 3.75 x 6.25 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.