MAY CONTAIN NUTS
HOME
 
JUMP TO PAGE   100  >  200  >  300  >  400  >  500  >  600
VINTAGRAPH • WPA • WWII • YOU MEAN A WOMAN CAN OPEN IT?

Belle Isle Bathers: 1910

Detroit circa 1910. "Bath house at Belle Isle."  8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit circa 1910. "Bath house at Belle Isle." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5

Survivor

The only thing in this photo that survives is the DYC building.

Bathing Beauties

This bath house was built in 1894. Detroit grew quickly then, and when this bath house was overwhelmed, the city built a new one in 1910. Demand grew so much that the city decided to keep both. They're both gone, except for one piece of the new bath house:

Syndicate content  Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.