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- Print. Mounted sepia-toned photographic print depicting several buildings at the intersection of Monroe Street and Farmer Street, taken at street level. From left to right are the Henry Hotel, a four story building, the Office of the Detroit Opera House Orchestra (in the former St. Joseph's Lutheran Church or St. John's German Evangelical Church), a store advertising fruits and oysters, the Furniture Wareroom, a shoe store, and a row of two storied storefronts which includes a bar and Jno B. Musschel's Detroit Marble Works. A horse is hitched in front of the bar, and part of a carriage is visible across the street on the left edge of the frame. The matting is off-white cardstock with a scrollwork frame printed around the photo. "Monroe Ave." is handwritten in the matting's lower left corner, but several letters are torn off. "c.1872" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print depicting Monroe Street as viewed from across Campus Martius, however the image is incorrectly captioned on the verso as "Cadillac Square as viewed from City Hall, March 10, 1918." The camera was positioned near the curb in front of City Hall. A streetlight pole is to the right. A car passes heading south on Woodward Avenue. Pedestrians, other automobiles, and electric streetcars also traverse Campus Martius. The Detroit Opera House is in the background on the left. A large sign reading, "Join the Navy for Quick Action," has been posted adjacent to it. The businesses of the Monroe Block, including a pool hall, are in the central background. A billboard for Blackstone Cigars has been posted atop the Second Williams Block. Remnants of winter slush cover the street and sidewalk.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting the Opera House following the fire that consumed it in 1897. Much of the Opera House and the surrounding block, including the Henry R. Leonard Furniture Company, Wright, Kay, and Company and Michell are destroyed. The photo was taken from an elevated position, across Campus Martius, facing northeast. Monroe Street extends along the right edge of the frame, and Woodward Avenue is at the lower left. A portion of the moonlight tower in front of City Hall rises along the right edge of the frame. A crowd is gathered in Campus Martius. Signs are visible in the background for H.J. Caulkins Detroit and Michigan Dental Depot, and D.M. Ferry and Company 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:
- Black and white photograph from a glass plate negative of Monroe Street. Pedestrians are seen walking across the streets, some are waiting for a street car; a horse carriage and automobile are parked adjacent to the Hotel Fowler in the right foreground. Central Billiard Parlor is adjacent to the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Monroe Street. The Temple Theatre is visible at the intersection of Monroe and Woodward; next to the billiard parlor and American Express Company. A Ford Motor Company Billboard is affixed to the top of the Monroe Block advertising, "To the Temple... Watch the Fords Go By!" Crowley Milner Company is visible in the background, further down Monroe. Written on the verso, "North side 1st block Monroe Ave., from Soldiers Monument, April 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 Monroe. Pedestrians are visible walking the neighboring sidewalk and through the avenue. A street car is traveling along the tracks through the center of the thoroughfare; horse carriages are also visible. Several businesses are adjacent to Monroe, those visible include, Juzek Brothers Tailors, Cosmopolitan Restaurant, Nederlander's Loan Office, Detroit Printing Stationery Company, Menter and Rosenbloom Clothing Company, Erlenbach's Millinery, Chop Suey, and the Hotel Ste. Claire. Written on the verso, " 3rd Block, north side Monroe - Farmer to Randolph, 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print. Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print taken of the exterior of the Geo. H. Gies. Orchestrion and Lager Beer Hall. Four men stand along the building's front steps, where two children are sitting. A handwritten on the verso elaborates that this was taken c.1873-7 and is the former St. Joseph's Lutheran Church at Monroe Street and Farmer Street. However, this structure is identified as St. John's German Evangelical Church in Silas Farmer's History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photograph from a glass plate negative. Woodward Avenue is visible in front of the Detroit Opera House and the Palmer Fountain. Many pedestrians cross the thoroughfare; a street car travels along the tracks. The Wright and Kay Company; and H.C. Weber Hardware Company are also adjacent to the Opera House. Written on the verso, "From Woodward to Monroe North side looking north, 1910, Detroit Opera House."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photographic print depicting the north end of Campus Martius as viewed from an elevated position. Roesink Clothes, the Detroit Opera House, Norton and Company, Bond's Clothes, Kaufman Hats, United Cigars, a restaurant with a sign that simply reads, "Lunch," are in the midground. The Merrill Fountain, the bust of Governor John Judson Bagley, a tent labeled "War Camp Community Service," pedestrians, automobiles, small buses, and electric streetcars are visible in Campus Martius. Along Monroe Street in the background are the Ste. Clair Hotel, Garry's Clothes Shop, the Palace Theatre, the National Theatre, Dr. Pilmore's Dentists, and the other pool halls, and loan offices of the Monroe Block. Billboards for the Thompson Auto Company and Velvet Tobacco are posted. The photo is affixed to a heavy black cardstock backing, and remnants of blue tape surround it. "Walker & Co. Electric Sign" is handwritten along the bottom of the matting. "1918" is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
