Detroit Publishing - Belle Isle Park, Detroit

The Detroit Publishing Company was a photographic publishing firm. The mostly anonymous photographers who worked for them produced many thousands of "slice-of-life" images from the last decade of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century.

The Library of Congress has two ways to enter their DPC archives: here and here. Shorpy has a huge collection of DPC photos that he has edited. Although his edits are better than mine I am doing him the courtesy of not republishing any of his.

Here is my first set of DPC photos. These are all taken at Belle Isle Park, Detroit.

 Band concert, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1907

 Belle Isle Park ferry dock, Detroit, 1900-1906

Bridge in the woods, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, 1900-1906

 Children's playground, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1905

 Detroit, Michigan, water parade, Belle Isle, 1900-1910

 Skating at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1910

 Skating pavilion and canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1908

Waders, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1908