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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:
- Print. Black and white photographic print of Woodward Avenue and State Street. Horse carriages are visibly parked neighboring the many differing businesses which include, M.S. Smith & Company, Siegels, Heyn's Bazaar, and various other clothiers and merchants. Pedestrians are also seen walking the sidewalks and crossing the thoroughfare.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting two boys shoveling snow from a sidewalk opposite a large fenced field. The boy nearest to the center of the frame leans on his shovel, while the other boy at the bottom edge sits on his. "March 5 1899." handwritten beneath photo on matting. The matting has an embossed frame pattern.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print. Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print, entitled "Detroit River Tunnel, No. 8. October-1907," depicting the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A barge equipped with two cranes is shown aside two pairs of buoyancy cylinders. Two upright cylindrical sections as well as an alignment mast protrude from the water in front of the nearest pair of cylinders. A small boat, a barge, and a tug are behind the further set of cylinders. On the left, behind a rubble-covered dock, a portion of a loaded railroad car ferry with four stacks is visible. Photo is mounted to white cardstock, onto which is printed the title and a caption: Section No. 1 - Showing section completely submerged on even keel, supported by buoyancy cylinders. Note white mark on alignment mast which will mark surface of water after second lowering. This is accomplished by the admission of water in compartments of cylinders. "C.M. Hayes & Co. Detroit" stamped into matting as well. Photo and matting were store inside of large white cardstock frame.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white lantern slide depicting a view along a tree-lined canal on Belle Isle. Handwritten label reads, "No. - 73, Bx. - 3, Neg.- 5 x 7, No. - 7, Sub. - "Canal", Place - "Belle Isle - Detroit." "E.W. Sprague, Detroit, Mich." "On Bell Isle, 1903"
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo of City Hall and the Majestic Building as taken from a window of the Russell House to the southeast. Woodmere, Brush, and Woodward line streetcars are in Campus Martius, including cars 386 and 290. A horse-drawn cart carrying several large potted ferns is on Ford Street beside City Hall's lawn. Several horse-drawn carriages are on Woodward in front of City Hall. A man in a white suit picks up horse droppings in the intersection of Woodward and Ford using a large scoop and a shovel. A moonlight tower stands on the south corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenue. Signs for C.A. Shafer are posted on the side of the Majestic Building. A mimeographed caption is on the verso, along with an impression of a photo of William C. Maybury: This picture was taken in the central business portion of the city of Detroit from a window of a hotel known as the Russell House.. The hotel is situated on the South East corner of Woodward Avenue and Cadillac Square. The photograph is made from a negative taken in the fall of 1900 and is a fairly good representation of exterior photography, at this date. The photograph was made by C.M. Hayes and Co., a firm engaged in general photography.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- 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
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of a street view of the intersection of Cass and State Streets. A Model T is parked adjacent to the sidewalk and a group of men stand huddled together down the street. The GAR Building is visible in the distance. A note taped to the verso reads, "1917 If you stood at Cass and State 40 years ago and looked north toward Grand River here's what you saw. Soon after this photo was taken the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. building was begun."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of the north side of Capitol Square. Pedestrians and a horse carriage are adjacent to the thoroughfare, also near the avenue is the George J. Reindel Company; and a Walker and Company Coca-Cola advertisement. Written on the verso, "Capitol Square, west side, looking north, 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph of a father and child automobiling in a horseless carriage along a dirt road. Image was taken perpendicular to automobile. Written on verso, "#459, Automobiling First View, 11/1902."
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
