Print, Photographic
One sepia-toned photograph showing an aerial view of a water intake lagoon being constructed at the northeast end of Belle Isle. The view looks eastward and shows the construction work underway in the center area of the photo. The Detroit River can be seen at the left side of the photo, the Livingstone Lighthouse is visible near the center right top edge, and the Belle Isle shoreline can be seen at the right. Small printed white text along the lower right edge reads "Curtiss-Wright Flying Service Photo Div." A black ink stamp on the verso reads "Curtiss Flying Service, Inc., Photo Division, 350 West 31st Street, N.Y.C. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this photograph providing the user agrees to notify and to pay Curtiss Flying Service, Inc. - Photo Division according to their standard rate for reproduction rights. The following credit line must be used: Curtiss Flying Service, Inc. - Photo Division." Handwritten pencil text reads "Belle Isle, 1928-1929, Dredges 'New Jersey' & 'New York' of G.L.D.&D.Co. [Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company], derricks of D.&S.D.Co. [Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Company]."
Request ImageRelated Records
Contract
Contract No. RC-9,
Contract Documents for Intake Lagoon, 1929
