2012.046.652
Postcard
Casino from Canal at Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.
Color postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle, with Lake Tacoma in the foreground. Many people are visible in canoes and near the water's edge.
Printed on verso: Casino. Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. Casino, 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.