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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the median of Washington Boulevard, facing south from Park Avenue. In view are a few pedestrians and many large trees. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 28, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the ice fountain in the median of Washington Boulevard. Dated 3/1901.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Washington Boulevard from Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows an elevated color image of the boulevard including trees, sidewalks, landscape areas, and adjacent buildings. Printed text on the verso gives some brief details about the boulevard.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view from Grand Circus Park, looking southeast along Washington Boulevard. In view are the David Whitney Building, Himelhoch's, Dime Building, and Hotel Statler. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 8, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo taken from the southwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, facing northeast. The construction site where the Cadillac Hotel was demolished to make way for the Book-Cadillac Hotel is visible on the northeast corner. Beside it are the Detroit Edison Company office, and the Washington Boulevard Building along the east side of Washington. Alexander Macomb Monument stands in the median of Washington. Cars and pedestrians are visible around the intersection. A shadow, presumably of a finger over the lens, is in the upper left corner of the frame.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Cadillac Hotel and a view north on Washington Boulevard from Michigan Avenue. Pedestrians and a moonlight tower are visible. Handwritten message on recto and verso, postmarked Dec, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Alexander Macomb Monument with a wreath at its base on the median of Washington Boulevard, facing north from Michigan Avenue. In the background is a fountain and St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Handwritten message on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting Washington Boulevard, facing north from Michigan Avenue. In view are pedestrians, a fountain, large trees and he Detroit Edison Building. A sign in the background reads "Utopia Dental". Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Nov 2, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard accented with glitter depicting the ice fountain on the median of Washington Boulevard, facing north. Four people stand at its base.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo showing six workers in the Station A dynamo room of the Edison Illuminating Company which was located at the southeast corner of Washington Avenue (now Boulevard) and State Street. The view shows the workmen who are seated on or standing beside two of the belt-driven dynamos that were located on the upper floor of the building. The dynamos were driven by steam engines that were located below on the ground floor. A small, oval-shaped stamp in the lower left corner of the photo shows "The Detroit Edison Company." Handwritten text on the verso shows "Dynamo Room of Edison Illuminating Co., Detroit, Mich., 1903. Lower Row (L to R): G. E. Harrison, Walter Orr, Charles Benstein. Upper Row (L to R): Aloysius J. Steinmetz, Laurence F. McHugh, Preston Chase."
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
