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- Color postcard depicting the David Whitney Building from Woodward Avenue in Grand Circus Park, with a pedestrian, streetcars, and automobiles in the foreground. An American flag flies atop the building. Printed on verso: Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Woodward Avenue enjoys the unusual distinction of being both Detroit's leading business and residence street. It is named in honor of Judge Woodward, one of Detroit's foremost citizens in the pioneer days, and stretches approximately north and south. At the foot are the ferry docks where boats leave regularly for Windsor, Ont., Belle isle and Bois Blanc Islands. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 26, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print captioned on the verso as "Washington Boulevard, iceberg at park, March 10th 1918." It depicts the ice fountain on the median of Washington Boulevard, north of Michigan Avenue, as viewed from the west side of Washington, facing northeast. A streetlight pole is in the foreground. Several spectators are gathered around the fountain. The Cadillac Hotel is on the right. St. Aloysius Catholic Church is visible beyond the fountain, and the David Whitney Building is in the distance at the left.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print captioned on the verso as "Washington Boulevard, iceberg at park, March 10th 1918." It depicts the ice fountain on the median of Washington Boulevard, north of Michigan Avenue, as viewed from the west side of Washington, facing northeast. A streetlight pole is in the foreground. Several spectators are gathered around the fountain. The Cadillac Hotel is on the right. St. Aloysius Catholic Church is visible beyond the fountain, and the David Whitney Building is in the distance at the left.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the David Whitney Building from Woodward Avenue in Grand Circus Park, with a pedestrian, streetcars, and automobiles in the foreground. An American flag flies atop the building. Printed on verso: Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Woodward Avenue enjoys the unusual distinction of being both Detroit's leading business and residence street. It is named in honor of Judge Woodward, one of Detroit's foremost citizens in the pioneer days, and stretches approximately north and south. At the foot are the ferry docks where boats leave regularly for Windsor, Ont., Belle isle and Bois Blanc Islands. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 26, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
