View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1920
Subject Date
1883-1892
Collection Title
Location
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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