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- 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:
- Photograph. Glossy black and white photo of five firemen who are riding in a fire truck in a parade on Woodward Ave. at Campus Martius. In the background is the Golde Clothes store and also a crowd of people who are standing on the sidewalk. Handwriting on the verso notes "April 10, 1922; Parade; Last run of steam engines; Seagrave aerial truck." A blue ink stamp on the verso notes "Photograph by the Detroit News; Not to be Published."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- One architectural drawing entitled "Rear Elevation" and "Front Elevation." The drawing (Job 254) consists of red and black ink on linen and shows two elevation views and wall cross-section detail of a proposed 2-story building. The building was designed for "Mr. Con. [Cornelius] J. Murphy, Owner, Detroit, Michigan," included a saloon on the first floor with two apartments on the second floor. This drawing, shown at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot, was part of a set of eight sheets that were prepared by "J. Lawson Miller, Architect." Some blue, green, and yellow pencil shading has been added on the verso to highlight various architectural details. The building was located at the northwest corner of Elmwood Ave. and Champlain (now E. Lafayette) Street in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Miller, J. Lawson
- Description:
- Black and white photograph made from a glass plate negative that depicts the west side of Woodward Avenue from Columbia looking toward Montcalm Street. Pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk and in the avenue, and a man sweeps in the street. Horse carriages are also visible. Many businesses are adjacent to Woodward Avenue including Farrells Furs, Chas. Trickery Grocery, O'Neill Hoffner Washington Market, La Childs Restaurant, and in the distance is the Elliott Taylor Woolfenden Company. Written on the verso: "Woodward, west side from Columbia, to Montcalm looking North, May 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One architectural drawing entitled "Rear Elevation" and "Front Elevation." The drawing (Job 254) consists of red and black ink on linen and shows two elevation views and wall cross-section detail of a proposed 2-story building. The building was designed for "Mr. Con. [Cornelius] J. Murphy, Owner, Detroit, Michigan," included a saloon on the first floor with two apartments on the second floor. This drawing, shown at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot, was part of a set of eight sheets that were prepared by "J. Lawson Miller, Architect." Some blue, green, and yellow pencil shading has been added on the verso to highlight various architectural details. The building was located at the northwest corner of Elmwood Ave. and Champlain (now E. Lafayette) Street in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print depicting four buildings on West Adams Street as viewed from the edge of Grand Circus Park. The Crystal Shoppe in the Park Building, the Ross Fur Company, a Second Empire-style building with only a sign reading, "Must Move, 30% Off on all Wallpaper," and the corner of the Fine Arts Building are all pictured. The visible portion of the Fine Arts Building includes signs for the Adams Theatre, Dr. Hubbell, Dr. White, Dr. Ranny, Dr, Parker, and Dr. W.C. Reid the dentist. The marquee of the Adam's Theatre advertises the Constance Talmadge film Dangerous Business. A row of automobiles are parked along Adams street and a man is working under the hood of the central one. "Nov. 29 - 20" and "38788" are printed in the lower right corner. "Manning Bros. Inc., Commercial Photographers, 333 State St. Room 505, Detroit, Michigan" is stamped on the verso. "W. Adams, 8-10- Park Bldg - Liberty Crystal Shop. ,14- Ross Furs & studio of F. Petrus Paulus, artist, 22- Adam's Theatre
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting the entrance and window displays of L. Brodsky Groceries & Provisions, Fruits & Vegetables at 488 Beaubien Street. A sign above the entrance reads "Klayman Bros." A man, woman, and two children stand at the entrance. A pile of bricks are stacked in the foreground at the lower left. The verso is divided. Stamped on verso: The Family Photo gallery, 646 Rivard St., Detroit, Mich. Handwritten on verso: Mom-Dad-Betty-Sally
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card depicting a snow-covered view of Woodward Avenue near Gratiot Avenue, plus two black and white 8" x 10" copies. A freestanding sign for J. Younghusband, Dental Rooms is in the foreground. A horse-drawn sleigh heads away along Woodward, while another, loaded with boxes, is stopped on the opposite side of the street, in front of the Godfrey Block. On that side of Woodward signs are posted for Wheeler and Wilson's Viewing Machinery, L.P. Durkee, William Bond Furniture, a Singer sewing machine store, J.M. Arnold and Co. Books and Stationery, Butterick's Patterns, Gibbs Books and Stationery, Gilmore, a dentist, a sewing notions store, Freedman and Bros. Dry Goods and Millinery, and the Weber Furniture Company Warehouse. Several pedestrians are also on the street. The bottom of the card is printed with "C.C. Randall, Randall Studio Building, Detroit, 106 Miami Ave." "Woodward Ave." has been added in pencil. Verso contains explanation of dating based on Randall's address in pencil.
- Date Issued:
- 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of the exterior the John Kar Cafe at 2166 West Jefferson Avenue in Delray. Kar, wearing an apron and bowtie, poses in the doorway beside a small child and a man in a dark vest and hat. Two barbers, presumably Bela Benko and Charles Havasi, pose in front of the steps to their business below street level in the same building. A group of people stand on the sidewalk to the far right of the frame. A young child peers through the bar windows on the building's second floor. "John Kar Saloon 2166 W. Jefferson, Near Anderson front of Saloon 1910. John Kar with apron," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One drawing entitled "Front Elevation." The drawing (Job No. 255) consists of red and black ink on linen and shows a front elevation view as well as a wall cross-section detail for a proposed 2-story building that has a row of three shops on the first floor and three apartments on the second. This drawing, shown at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot, was part of a set of seven sheets that were prepared by "J. Lawson Miller, Architect," for "Mr. Joseph Hartman, Owner, Detroit, Michigan." Some blue, green, and yellow pencil shading has been added on the verso to highlight various architectural details. A red ink stamp near the lower right corner of the sheet shows "Plans Examined and Approved - Aug. 11, 1913. Department of Buildings, City of Detroit, By H. C. Slater."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
