Archive Record
Catalog Number | 2012.046.621 |
Object Name | Postcard |
Title | Band Stand, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich. |
Scope & Content |
Color postcard depicting an elevated view along a canal on Belle Isle. In view are a bridge crowded with people, many canoes on the canal, people on the shore, and the band stand in the background. Printed on verso: Band Stand, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich. 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. |
Date | c. 1915 |
Collection | Postcard |
Search Terms |
Canals Band Stand Bridges Belle Isle |