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- Color postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle, with many people and a parked car in front. Printed on verso: Casino and Park, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The Island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks 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, and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 29, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit Boat Club, with colorful flowers in front and the Detroit River in the foreground. Printed on verso: Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. The Detroit Boat Club is one of the most exclusive social and athletic organizations in Detroit. Its handsome home on Belle Isle near the bridge was erected in 1902 to replace one destroyed by fire. The building is one of the finest of its kind in the world. Its members enjoy unusual facilities for their favorite sport of rowing, which they combine with sailing and canoeing. Their balls feature the summer in Detroit society. In front of the bridge entrance to the club is one of the finest flower beds on the Island. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 8, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- 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:
- One postcard entitled "New Bridge to Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color image of the decorative stone bridge with its series of archways over the Detroit River.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a sightseeing bus full of people on Belle Isle, with the Casino in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 16, 1920.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Aquarium on Belle Isle, with a large crowd of people in front and the Conservatory in the background. Printed on verso: The Aquarium on Belle Isle is one of the most interesting attractions on the island. During the summer months it is visited by thousands of people daily. The Park & Boulevard Commission spared no expense to make it the finest of its kind in the country. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 28, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Monochromatic postcard depicting a collage of eleven different postcard images, including Central Avenue, two different bridges, children swimming, and the Casino on Belle Isle, the Detroit riverfront in 1820, Pingree Monument in Grand Circus Park, Water Works Park, Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Palmer Fountain at Campus Martius, and a view of Cadillac Square with the Wayne County Building. Handwritten message on recto reads, "Aboard Str. "City of Mackinac" 8/8 06. Left Detroit at 9:30 A.M. for the Soo & will arrive tomorrow night. We are have a gay time although it is a trifle expensive." Postmarked Aug 9, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Conservatory on Belle Isle, with plants and paths in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 30, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Skating Pavilion on Belle Isle, with canoes on Lake Takoma in the foreground. Printed on verso: The Pavilion is the stopping place for canoes. Refreshments are served here at reasonable rates. During the Winter, Pavilion Lake is kept free from snow and is used by thousands for skating purposes. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Nov 30, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
