Digital Collection
2024.125.032

Negative, Sheet Film

One black and white negative showing a large group of spectators who are seated on long rows of wooden benches that run along the lawn-covered banks of both sides one of the canals on Belle Isle in Detroit. The summertime scene shows spectators on one of the banks in the foreground. Canoeists can be seen on the canal in the background as well as additional spectators who are seated on the far bank. Musicians can be seen in the covered band stand that is located on a bridge in the far background near the left edge of the image. Tall trees can be seen in the far background in the center area and right side of the image. Handwritten black text on the lower edge of the negative reads "Belle Isle."

Date
1919
Collection
Film Size
2.75" x 4.625"
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