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- Color postcard depicting many people canoeing on a Belle Isle canal, with people sitting and walking along the shore. Printed on verso: Grand Canal, Belle Isle, Detroit River, Belle Isle, the playground of the people of Detroit, is one of the most beautiful parks in this country. It has many beautiful canals, a large Casino and Pavilion where refreshments are served. It contains 702 acres and has twenty miles of macadam roadway. It has a fine Zoo, Aquarium. Horticultural building and Bathing Pavilion with 1,000 private rooms. Belle Isle was purchased by Detroit in 1879 and the city has spent $2,000,000 to make it an enjoyable spot for her citizens and guests. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 27, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 both shorelines and many canoes fill the canal. Printed on verso: On the Lagoon in Evening at Belle Isle. - Band Concerts are given at the city's expense during the summer afternoons and evenings. These concerts draw immense crowds, both shores being lined with pleasure seekers, while the graceful canoes throng the canal. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 9, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a many people on bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: Resting in Belle Isle Park. - Canoeing is the leading sport at Belle Isle, Detroit's largest playground. Its 702 acres are threaded by many miles of canals and lakes, affording an ideal spot in which the light little craft cruise about by thousands. Band concerts are given at the city's expense during the Summer afternoons and evenings and on such occasions the canoeists are present in great numbers. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 4, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. In the foreground a woman stands on the shore while holding a paddle into a canoe filled with pillows. Printed on verso: Bridge, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. This Scene represents one of the many pretty bridges on Belle Isle. The main sport is canoeing and when Band Concerts are in progress during the summer months, hundreds of canoes can be seen on the different canals. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 24, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Band Stand on a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. Many people are seated along both shorelines and canoes fill the canal. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 26, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 both shorelines and many canoes fill the canal. Printed on verso: Band Concert, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. One of the attractive Features are the Band Concerts given at the City's Expense during the summer Months. Thousands of people attend these concerts and during the progress the Canals are covered with many canoes. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 26, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting many people along a Belle Isle canal, with a canoes near the shore, an a canopy in the background. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Jul 6, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle, with a few people on it. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 15, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting canoes on a Belle Isle canal, with a crowd of people along the shore and a bridge in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 14, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 both shorelines and many canoes fill the canal. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 28, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
