Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of a row of storefronts along East Jefferson Avenue taken from an elevated position

Description:

Print. Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of a row of storefronts along East Jefferson Avenue taken from an elevated position. Visible businesses include, a tin and sheet copper business, James Muir, Plain and Ornamental Plastering, Duncan and Traub Cigar Factory, X. Slicker Clothing, and the Biddle House. A horse carriage is parked at the lower left. Roofs and chimneys of other buildings, as well as ship masts and the Detroit River are visible in the distance beyond this row. One of the towers of Waterworks Park is in the upper left corner of the frame. "C.C. Brewe Com'l Photographer, 205 Griswold St. Detroit Mich." stamped on verso. "Cloudman-Oldham Advertising, 1718 Guardian Bldg. Detroit 26, Mich." printed on c.1960 sticker affixed to verso. "c.1857" handwritten on verso.

Date Issued:

1857-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Collection:

Detroit Views

Subject Topic:

East Jefferson Avenue, Storefronts, James Muir, Plain and Ornamental Plastering, Duncan and Traub Cigar Factory, X. Slicker Clothing, C.C. Brewe Com'l Photographer, Biddle House, and Detroit

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/photo/449C548A-F670-40DE-AD14-000538434280