2012.046.665
Postcard
Waiting in Line at Bathing Pavilion, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.
Color postcard depicting the Bath House on Belle Isle from the road, with many people and parked cars in front.
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 it entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parts 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.