Houses on Cass and Fort
Grab
Description
Four boys on steps of a house on Fort, with other houses on both sides. Viewed at an angle from street, in winter. Appears to be copy of cased image (daguerreotype, ambrotype or tintype). Also have print from negative. "X" over chimney of neighboring house on albumen cabinet card print. Handwritten on cabinet card back: "Home of Great Grandma Mrs. Benjamin B. Kercheval on fort Street near third Street where Aunty (Alice Field, late Woodbridge) was born." Stains on cabinet card print; marks on left edge that seem to come from negative. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Streets-Cass & Fort."
Details
- Resource ID:
- EB02e733
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Michigan--Detroit
- Boys--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Historic houses-Kercheval, Mrs. Benjamin B.
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 2364
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.