Fireboat JAMES BATTLE under way in harbor, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1913

real photo postcard, color, divided back, white border

POSTCARDS
2014 Lang Collection
Dietsche, A.C.
USA, MI, Detroit
circa 1913
paper
3-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.

Real photo postcard, color, divided back, white border; handwritten on back "1 9-86"; printed on back "24 Pub by A.C. Dietsche Detroit, Mich.", and "Harbor, Detroit, Mich. / MORE BOATS PASS this city than any other part in the world. It is estimated that more than 11,000,000 passengers were carried from this port in 1913. The white boats in the harbor are excursion steamers, the finest of their kind in the world."; handwritten lower left "3624", and printed upper left "Harbor, Detroit, Mich."; fireboat JAMES BATTLE under way in harbor, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1913.

2014.49.2904

Gift of Monika and Steven Lang, 2014