View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892
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This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1920
Subject Date
1883-1892
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Detroit, Campus Martius
Markets (Structures or spaces)
Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.3.2364
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 6.625 in
Width: 10 in
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