Digital Collection
2012.047.923

Postcard

Cedar Mound and Floral Flag, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Color postcard depicting the Cedar Mound on Belle Isle, with people canoeing on the canal in the foreground. Many people are on and around the Mound which has a floral American flag.
Printed on verso: 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.

Date
c. 1915
Collection
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