Print, Photographic

Mounted sepia-toned photograph taken from the Park, Davis and Company off docks along the adjacent riverfront, the Detroit River, and Belle Isle. Three small yachts, three small ferries, and a steamboat with two masts are docked in the foreground. Lumber is stacked along the riverfront to the east. An excursion boat approached from the left edge of frame. The Belle Isle Bridge, the sheltered pier on the northwest corner of the island, and the Belle Isle Casino are visible in the background. "Belle Isle, seven miles around its macadam roads, note the Casino Hotel at head of [...]," is handwritten along the bottom edge of the cardboard to which the photo is mounted. "Alvord & Co., 56 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich." is stamped, and "[...] taken from Park Davis Co. smoke stack," is handwritten on the verso.

of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards (from left to right) Benjamin R. Hoyt, William Geist, Edward C. Van Leyen, William C. Maybury, Philip H.A. Balsley, and Myrtle P. Hurlbut posed standing beside a covered horse-drawn carriage on a road, with a portion of a large wooded park in the background. The men are identified by handwritten captions on the board to which the photo is mounted. "Between [...] 1898," is also handwritten on the backing. "Park Commissioners," is handwritten on the verso below a label for the Royal Photograph and Publishing Company, with a branch office at 152 Gratiot Avenue.