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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Belle Isle Police Station with people and flowerbeds in front. Handwritten message on verso, dated 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of a road, lawn, and pedestrian-filled path on Belle Isle. Five cars are visible on the street. Printed on verso: Central Avenue, Belle Isle, Detroit's principal recreation spot. The island is located in the Detroit river near lake St. Clair, and it connected with the city by a bridge 8 feet less than half a mile in length. It comprises 702 acres, is over two miles long and boasts over thirty miles of fine macadam roadway which completely circles and frequently intersects it. A fine zoo, aquarium, horticultural building, swimming and skating pavilions, casino and boat livery are in connection. The City has expended over $1,500,000 on it since its purchase in 1879. This view is taken from the lower end of the Island and shows the ferry dock in the distance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 25, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a canal on Belle Isle, with a bridge in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 22, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 verso, postmarked Oct 5, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Monochromatic postcard depicting the Conservatory on Belle Isle, with people standing on the steps and lawn. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 5, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting an anchor and cannon on Belle Isle. A sign over the cannon reads "Cast at Sevilla, Spain, May 29th, 1779; Weight, About 7000 Lbs.; Captured in the harbor defenses of Santiago Cuba by United States forces; July 14th, 1898. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 2, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Characteristic Scene, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color photographic image of a group of canoeists in the foreground with a decorative stone bridge, pedestrians, and trees in the background. Printed text on the verso gives some brief details about Belle Isle.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Detroit Yacht Club, with the Detroit River and pier in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 18, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Pavilion, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich." The postcard has a gold-colored border and shows a color image of the Pavilion building on Belle Isle. The building and nearby trees can be seen in the background with a pond in the foreground. Printed text on the verso shows "Ullman's Gold Border Series, American Post Card - View Number 3160, Published by the Ullman Manufacturing Co., New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a buck in an enclosure on Belle Isle. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 5, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
