Digital Collection
2012.045.982

Postcard

Drinking Fountain, Gladwin Park, Detroit, Mich.

Color postcard depicting the stone drinking fountains in Water Works Park, with children nearby and water in the foreground.
Printed on verso: Drinking Fountain, Gladwin Park is the new name recently given Water Works Park, which occupies a plot 72-acre of ground on Jefferson Avenue, owned by the city and partially occupied by its water works pumping station. The water supply is pumped through a long tunnel from Lake St. Clair to the distributing point. The park has been made one of Detroit's beauty spots and is noted for its beautiful walks and floral displays.

Date
c. 1915
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