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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting canoes on a Belle Isle canal, with people along the shore and a bridge in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 11, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit Yacht Club, with the Detroit River in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 9, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting two ostriches in a chicken wire enclosure on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: The Ostriches on Belle Isle are always a center of attraction to the thousands who visit this popular resort daily. These birds thrive well in this climate and are housed in such a manner than they are capable of caring for their young. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 28, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Bath House on Belle Isle, with swimmers and the Detroit River in the foreground. Printed on verso: Bathing Beach and Pavilion, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River, between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The Island contains 702 acres and it entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parts in the United States, having some 21 miles of Macadam Roads, a magnificent Casino, Pavilions, Boat Houses, Aquarium, Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens. The Island was purchased by Detroit in 1879. Since then $1,600,000 has been expended in beautifying it. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 10, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Lake Takoma on Belle Isle, with the Skating Pavilion in the background. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Apr 12, 1905.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a crowd gathered for a concert at the Band Stand on a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. People are seated along the shore and canoes populate the canal. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked May 21, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Booklet, "The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme, Designed to Further Determinative Discussion of the Lasting Interests of the City in the Matter, with a View to a Settled Policy; with a Suggestion of the Distinctive Character of a Park Adapted to the Local Circumstances, and an Outline of the Leading Features of a Suitable Permanent Plan of Operations" by Frederick Law Olmstead. The front cover features black text indicating the title, followed by a quote from William Morris reading "With this intent in view, I may, I think, hope to move you, I do not say to agree with all I urge upon you, yet, at least, to think the matter worth thinking about." Text at the bottom of the cover reads "Richmond, Backus & Co., Publishers, Detroit, 1883. The booklet consists of a preface, followed by two parts containing a total of 19 sections concerning various proposals for Belle Isle.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting two buffalo in an enclosure on Belle Isle. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 28, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a road on Belle Isle, with the Belle Isle Bridge over the Detroit River in the background. Handwritten message on recto and verso is partially in Morse code, postmarked Jul 8, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting three images of Belle Isle. These include two of boats on canals, and one of many sailboats on the Detroit River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 9, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
