Rowboat and wooden bridge at Belle Isle Park
Grab
Description
Man rows small rowboat with three passengers; an ornate wooden bridge over a small body of water is in the background; a boy holding a basket stands next to a tree in the right foreground. Also have print from negative. Handwritten on print card front: "2. 21-38322." Printed on card back: "Photographic sketches, in and about the city of Detroit. Consisting of street and marine views, public buildings, churches, monumental, and other object of interest. Photographed and published by Jex Bardwell." Handwritten on albumen cabinet card back: "Belle Isle. Marsh's run(?) Young navigators. Belle Isle Park. No. 43." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Parks-Belle Isle-Bridges."
Details
- Creator:
- Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
- Resource ID:
- EB02e651
- Subject:
- Wooden bridges--Michigan--Detroit
- Rivers--Michigan--Detroit
- Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 4.75 x 3.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Belle Isle-Bridges
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 2268
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.