Belle Isle Pleasure Boat, Detroit, Mich.

Description:

Color postcard depicting the steamer PLEASURE at the dock at the foot of Woodward Avenue. The decks are filled with passengers. Printed on verso: Belle Isle Pleasure Boat. A favorite method of access to Belle Isle, Detroit principal pleasure ground, is by steamer, and boats leave regularly from convenient wharves, for the big pier at "The Island." The scene shows one of the large steamers of the Detroit, Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co., leaving the foot of Woodward Avenue for Belle Isle, band playing and picnickers thronging the decks.

Date Issued:

1908-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Subject Topic:

PLEASURE, Passenger Steamers, and Riverfront

Format:

Postcard

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/AB938C1B-4C27-44E7-9865-663251245100