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OLD DETROIT SKATING CLUB 1949 photo print
OLD DETROIT SKATING CLUB 1949 photo print
Photo #673
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by Jan Kaulins


OLD DETROIT SKATING CLUB photo print photograph picture for sale. OLD VINTAGE HISTORIC DETROIT SKATING CLUB 1949 photo print picture photograph poster for sale. This is a professionally restored sepia toned black and white OLD DETROIT SKATING CLUB photo print picture for sale which was made from the original vintage black and white 1949 OLD DETROIT SKATING CLUB photo. It has been professionally restored. Some of the very thin vertical lightly cracked emulsion lines which existed on the original 70 year old photo still slightly show in this sepia toned photo print. It, however, does not diminish the historic uniqueness or beauty of this very rare historic Detroit Skating Club 1949 old photo print for sale.

" Figure skating in Detroit was in its infancy around 1910. Skaters could be found on the lakes, on Belle Isle and on the small artificial rink of the David Brown Company alongside their coal and ice plant in downtown Detroit. But this rink did not last and the "fancy" skaters were soon in trouble because of the stiff breezes blowing from the lake.In the meantime, David and Harry Brown erected a modern ice rink. The Arena, and a few enthusiasts under the leadership of Gladys Salsinger organized a real figure skating club. The club prospered and began to develop some good skaters until the First World War brought the close of the Arena by government orders. Luckily, the Detroit Tennis Club has some skating addicts who saw to it that the courts were sprayed in the winter and could be used for skating by our group, who became winter Tennis Club members. After the War was over, some local enterprising young men built the "Olympia Stadium" and our skating group under the leadership of Mrs. Salsinger, formed a new club, "The Olympia Skating Club."The Olympia Skating Club went ahead and held carnivals, featuring such outstanding amateur skaters of their time as Sonja Henie, Pierre and Andrea Brunet, Papez and Swack. But due to their fast decreasing ice time, the group was finally forced to reorganize.
By 1946, the members were able to purchase a facility, previously used to house the horses of automotive magnate Charles T. Fisher and call it home. In 1949 the Club changed its name to "The Detroit Skating Club, Inc." This rare historic old vintage DETROIT SKATING CLUB photo was taken in 1949, just after the opening of this Detroit Skating Club. The Detroit Skating Club grew in size and stature, many Olympic and World Champions were developed here. The expanding world of figure skating demanded a larger facility for the Club. In 1978, the club took the opportunity to move to its present location in Bloomfield Hills. " (Thanks for info per DSC website.) This is a wonderful historic photo showing some of the early roots of this Detroit Skating Club that has turned out many national and international champion fine skaters.

THESE BLACK AND WHITE DETROIT PHOTO ART PRINTS ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY REPRODUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL OLD VINTAGE HISTORICAL DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. THESE SEPIA TONED DETROIT PHOTOS ARE OFFERED FOR SALE HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES OR ORIGINAL FIRST GENERATION PRINTS, MANY OF THEM ARE 50 YEARS OLD AND SOME DATE TO THE EARLY 1920's AND 1930's. THE RARE OLD DETROIT ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVES USED FOR THESE PRINTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO PUT THESE OFFERINGS TOGETHER ON THIS WEBSITE. MANY OF THESE PHOTOS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM OLD DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARCHIVES, WHERE THEY WERE USED ONCE FOR A STORY AND THEN USUALLY JUST THIS ONE ORIGINAL PRINT WAS MADE AND KEPT FOR THEIR ARCHIVES. HENCE, THESE HISTORICAL IMAGES WERE NOT ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE FOR SALE, BUT WERE TO BE USED AS IMAGES FOR NEWS STORIES AS THEY UNFOLDED--MAKING THESE IMAGES EXTREMELY RARE HAVING SURVIVED SO MANY YEARS. VERY FEW OF THESE IMAGES HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

THE ORIGINAL OLD DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE DIGITALLY BEEN RE-MASTERED AND ALL MAJOR FLAWS, SUCH AS TEARS, SRACTCHES, MISSING PIECES, FOLDS, INK STAINS ETC. ON THESE RARE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED AND CORRECTED AND HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF THESE HISTORIC RARE DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE SEPIA TONED PHOTOS ARE NOW OFFERED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ON THIS WEBSITE WWW.OldDetroitPhotos.COM . THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL RESTORED AND ARTISTICALLY SEPIA TONED AND OFFERED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF INDIVIDUALLY PRINTED PHOTO PRINTS. THEY ARE READY FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN AND ENJOY SOME VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.




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THESE BLACK AND WHITE DETROIT PHOTO ART PRINTS ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY REPRODUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL OLD VINTAGE HISTORICAL DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. THESE SEPIA TONED DETROIT PHOTOS ARE OFFERED FOR SALE HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES OR ORIGINAL FIRST GENERATION PRINTS, MANY OF THEM ARE 50 YEARS OLD AND SOME DATE TO THE EARLY 1920's AND 1930's. THE RARE OLD DETROIT ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVES USED FOR THESE PRINTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO PUT THESE OFFERINGS TOGETHER ON THIS WEBSITE. MANY OF THESE PHOTOS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM OLD DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARCHIVES, WHERE THEY WERE USED ONCE FOR A STORY AND THEN USUALLY JUST THIS ONE ORIGINAL PRINT WAS MADE AND KEPT FOR THEIR ARCHIVES. HENCE, THESE HISTORICAL IMAGES WERE NOT ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE FOR SALE, BUT WERE TO BE USED AS IMAGES FOR NEWS STORIES AS THEY UNFOLDED--MAKING THESE IMAGES EXTREMELY RARE HAVING SURVIVED SO MANY YEARS. VERY FEW OF THESE IMAGES HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

THE ORIGINAL OLD DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE DIGITALLY BEEN RE-MASTERED AND ALL MAJOR FLAWS, SUCH AS TEARS, SRACTCHES, MISSING PIECES, FOLDS, INK STAINS ETC. ON THESE RARE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED AND CORRECTED AND HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF THESE HISTORIC RARE DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE SEPIA TONED PHOTOS ARE NOW OFFERED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ON THIS WEBSITE WWW.OldDetroitPhotos.COM . THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL RESTORED AND ARTISTICALLY SEPIA TONED AND OFFERED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF INDIVIDUALLY PRINTED PHOTO PRINTS. THEY ARE READY FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OBTAIN AND ENJOY SOME VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE DETROIT HISTORY.





 

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