Log cabin on Belle Isle
Grab
Description
One-room wooden structure with small stable beside, one horse standing within. Carriages parked outside, large piles of hay beside stable. Handwritten on back: "Thought to be on Belle Isle or Grosse Isle, about 1880." Stamped on back: "Photographic sketches in and about the city of Detroit, consisting of street and marine views, public buildings, churches, monumental and other objects of interest. Photographed and published by Jex Bardwell. Jex Bardwell, photo mechanical printer, Detroit, Michigan."
Details
- Creator:
- Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
- Resource ID:
- DPA3652
- Subject:
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Log cabins--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Cabinet photographs
- Photographic prints
- Publisher:
- Jex Bardwell
- Date:
- c.1880
- Format:
- 1 cabinet card ; image 4.5 x 7.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Belle Isle-Buildings
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

