Home of Ulysses S. Grant decorated in mourning

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Description

Clapboard house, viewed at an angle between two others on unpaved street, with bunting over window shutters, doorway, and fence and portrait between upper windows. Grant occupied the residence on Fort Street from 1849 to 1851. Decorated by Union veterans after his death. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Historic houses-Grant, Ulysses S." Emulsion damaged and lifting on edges.

Details

Resource ID:: EB02f512
Subject:: Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Homes and haunts--Michigan--Detroit; Historic buildings--Michigan--Detroit; Glass negatives
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 4 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Negative Number:: BHC glass neg. no. 3398
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.