Postcard

Band Stand Over Lagoon, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Color postcard depicting the Band Stand on a bridge over a canal on Belle Isle. People are seated along the shore and a canoe is in the canal.
Printed on verso: Band Stand Over Lagoon, Belle Isle. - Detroit's principal recreation spot, is an Island in the Detroit river 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 of over 20 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.