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- Black and white photo taken looking south on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park. Otto's Confectionary stands on the east side of the street. Walker and Company advertisements for Peter Otto, Contractor and Detroit Creamery Milk are painted on the side of the building. To the south of Otto's is a cloth tent supported by several posts, painted with, "The Scenic Cream Parlor 4046, Cream, Sandwiches, Cigars, Hot Drinks." Cars pass along Woodward and streetcar tracks run along the west side of the street. The smoke stacks and water tower of the Ford Highland Park Plant's power house are visible in the distance along Woodward. "Oct-2-16," is printed in the lower left corner. "Smith Brothers, Commercial Photographers, Arcadia Bldg - Woodward & Stimson, Detroit, Michigan," is stamped, and "October 2, 1916, Woodward Avenue looking south in Highland Park," is typewritten on a label tapped to the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a Walker & Co. billboard on the east side of Woodward Avenue displaying an advertisement for Eureka vacuum cleaners that reads, "A Christmas She Will Never Forget, The Grand Prize Eureka Vacuum Cleaner, $8.50 Set of Attachments Free with Each Purchase, $4.50 Down Special Christmas Offer, Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. Retail Store 1521 Broadway; Also sold by T.B. Rayl, J.L. Hudson Co., and Crowley Milner Co." The billboard is flanked by two signs both reading "Free $8.50 Set of Attachments Free with Each Purchase of a Grand Prize Eureka Vacuum Cleaner". In the background is the Hecker-Smiley Mansion, houses on E Ferry Street, and construction site of The Wardell. Dated 11-3-1925
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo taken looking south on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park. Otto's Confectionary stands on the east side of the street. Walker and Company advertisements for Peter Otto, Contractor and Detroit Creamery Milk are painted on the side of the building. To the south of Otto's is a cloth tent supported by several posts, painted with, "The Scenic Cream Parlor 4046, Cream, Sandwiches, Cigars, Hot Drinks." Cars pass along Woodward and streetcar tracks run along the west side of the street. The smoke stacks and water tower of the Ford Highland Park Plant's power house are visible in the distance along Woodward. "Oct-2-16," is printed in the lower left corner. "Smith Brothers, Commercial Photographers, Arcadia Bldg - Woodward & Stimson, Detroit, Michigan," is stamped, and "October 2, 1916, Woodward Avenue looking south in Highland Park," is typewritten on a label tapped to the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a Walker & Co. billboard displaying an advertisement for Eureka vacuum cleaners that reads, "A Christmas She Will Never Forget, The Grand Prize Eureka Vacuum Cleaner, $8.50 Set of Attachments Free with Each Purchase, $4.50 Down Special Christmas Offer, Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. Retail Store 1521 Broadway; Also sold by T.B. Rayl, J.L. Hudson Co., and Crowley Milner Co." The billboard is flanked by two signs both reading "Free $8.50 Set of Attachments Free with Each Purchase of a Grand Prize Eureka Vacuum Cleaner". The billboard is located on the east side of Woodward Avenue at the construction site of The Wardell. In the background is Detroit Institute of Arts. Dated 11-30-1925
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
