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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of City Hall, as taken from the center of Campus Martius, decorated with American flags and patriotic banners, as well as a sign that reads, "Welcome Admiral and Mrs. Dewey," to greet the visiting Spanish-American War hero George Dewey. An elevated seating box is set up on the sidewalk in front of City Hall. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts are in the streets. A moonlight tower stands along the right edge of the frame.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting six people standing outside of a row of five electric streetcars on a snowy day. "Trumbull" is written on the tops of the streetcars; however the nearest car, number 278, also has a small sign marked "Chene" at its end. Three homes are visible on the opposite side of the street, behind the cars. Photo is mounted to off-white matting with a textured frame around the image. "March 5/99" handwritten on verso. Copy is black and white 10" x 8" enlargement.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo of Detroit Municipal Operation streetcar number 185, carrying city officials on a tour, turning southeast from Buchanan Street onto Scotten Street, taken on August 24, 1921. A First State Bank branch stands in the background. A boy rides a bike beside the tracks in the foreground, while another boy walks barefoot along the sidewalk on the right.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting roof of Wright, Kay, and Company as well as the adjacent Henry R. Leonard Furniture Company and the Opera House following the fire that consumed them in October 1897. Several people are on the roof. The photo was taken from an elevated position, likely from City Hall, across Campus Martius, facing northeast. Signs for Nelson Morris, and Company, and D.M. Ferry and Company are visible in the background. Photo is mounted to off-white matting with a textured frame around the image. "Mrs. Catherine McDuff Davies 10/26/33" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph, mounted on board, of a plank constructed sidewalk on High Street. Two young men are near the sidewalk on a stoop of an adjacent house in the background. Written in script on the verso, "Apr 14th 1902, Mrs. Rosa Simmons, In front of 346 High Street E. Looking west. F.S.Q."
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a circular sepia-toned image of L.L. Farnsworth's shoe store on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue as taken from the south. A sign posted on the southern face of the building advertises, "boots, shoes, and rubbers." Signs for Marratt's photo studio, and J.L. Hudson's clothing visible on the sides of their respective buildings in the background. Streetcar tracks run along Michigan in the foreground, and numerous pedestrians are in view. The card has a burgundy border with a gold edge. A Kodak mark and a floral pattern are printed on the verso of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of the east side of Woodward Avenue, Grand River to John R, looking north as noted on the verso. Pedestrians cross the busy thoroughfare behind a north-bound street car in the foreground of the image; others also populate the sidewalks which neighbor the thoroughfare. Many businesses and commercial buildings are adjacent to the thoroughfare including, Gray and Worchester Drugs; C. Hopp and Company Photographers; Kuhn's; and the Ferguson Building. In the background is the Schwankovsky Temple of Music.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph, mounted on board, of the Theodore Street with a plank constructed sidewalk adjacent. A horse carriage is visible parked in front of the Argaly Grocery in the background. Script written on the verso reads, "F.S.Q., Feb 13th 1903., Ella Ausden, Theodore St. - just East of Russell St. - Looking West. There had not been any changes in the walk. F.S.Q."
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print. Black and white photographic print of Woodward Avenue and State Street. A carriage advertising D. Levy and Sons Fish, Oysters and Game walks past the Taylor Woolfenden and Company, as well as R.H. Traver. Pedestrians are visible crossing the thoroughfare as well as walking along the sidewalk. The facades of the neighboring merchants are heavily ornamented with red, white and blue fabrics, as well as portraits of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card taken of what remained of the Ernst Kern Dry Good Company following the 1886 fire which consumed the store. Only the front façade, and portions of the side, and rear walls remain. Rubble litters the ground. A crowd is gathered on the street near a long horse cart. "Compliments of Theo Hoeningh Usen's" printed on below the photo on the matting. "Shows the store of Ernst Kern" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
