Residence of Joseph Campau
Grab
Description
View of wooden-frame house with gambrel roof; decorated with bunting and American flags for the Centennial; portraits of George Washington and Lafayette on facade; mural on front of house reads: "Ever for 1776, Washington, our union, Lafayette." Man stands in doorway. Handwritten on photograph on front steps: "Major Joseph Campau's Homestead, July 4, 1876." Bunting and flags are painted red, white and blue. Handwritten on back of duplicate: "July 4, 1876; removed from frame, Jan. 1963."
Details
- Resource ID:
- DPA4806
- Subject:
- Campau, Joseph, 1769-1863--Homes and haunts--Michigan--Detroit
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Architecture, Domestic--Michigan--Detroit
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1876-07-04
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 10 x 13.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- LD/Historic houses-Campau, Joseph
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.