Children's Playground, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905

THF113704 / Children's Playground, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905
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Artifact Overview

Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1905

Subject Date

circa 1905

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.017283

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7 in
Width: 9 in

Children's Playground, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905