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- Description:
- Black and white glossy aerial photo shows the General Motors Building (center of photo) and surrounding area. The view is looking northeastward and shows the south side of the General Motors Building with 2nd Avenue to the west (left) and Cass Avenue to the east (right). Two railroad track beds can be seen running east and west about one block south of the General Motors Building. Printed text in the lower right corner reads "Copyright 1926, Kalec & Forster." The Fisher Building had not yet been constructed at the time this photo was taken.
- Date Issued:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Stereograph card bearing sepia-toned photographic images of the Scotch Presbyterian Church located on the northwest corner of Farmer and Bates Streets. Several men stand around the base of the church's tower. The left image is captioned, "Scotch Presbyterian Church." The photos are mounted on a beige card.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Stereograph card bearing sepia-toned photographic images of Central United Methodist Church as viewed from Grand Circus Park to the southeast. The fountain on the eastern side of the park is in the foreground. Two children are visible near the edge of the fountain. The photos are mounted on an orange card with "Detroit, Mich." and "J.A. Jenny Publisher" printed on the left and right borders.
- Date Issued:
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo taken along a street in Waterford. A post office stands on the right side of the street, and a building with a second story wrap-around balcony is on the left. "Walter" is painted on a post in the foreground on the left. "Waterford, Mich. 1915," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- 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:
- Black and white photo taken in Clarkston, facing south on Main Street at Washington Street. A grocery store and the Masonic Temple stand on the east side of the street, while a dry goods store and a mechanic stand on the west side. A sign posted on a utility pole advertises the Holly Chautauqua on August 8th through the 12th. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are in view. "Clarkstone, Mich. 1915," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo taken to document the pavement at John R Street and Farnsworth Street. A man sits in an early automobile, stopped alongside the curb, where four girls and a boy wait. A dark wooden shed with double doors across the sidewalk behind them. In the background, on the right, two women stand beside an open window. A manhole is in the street in the foreground. "July 20th, 1903. Schwartz casr[?], John R. + Farnsworth there had not been any change in the pavement. F.S.Q." is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- 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
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo taken in Ann Arbor, facing north on Main Street, south of Huron Street. The First National Bank Building, and the Savings Bank Block stand on the west side of the street. The Sugar Bowl confectionary stands on the east side of the street. Pedestrians, a streetcar, a bicycle, and an automobile are in view. "Main Street, Ann Arbor, 1915," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo taken of Campus Martius and Cadillac Square from an elevated position on City Hall, facing west. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in the center of the frame. Along the north side of Cadillac Square are the Second Williams Block topped with a Walker and Company sign for Goodrich Tires, Stilwill's Cafe, a candy store, the Burns Hotel, and other signs advertising Diamond Tires and Altes Lager. The Pontchartrain Hotel stands on the south side of Cadillac Square. To the west at the far end of Cadillac Square is the Wayne County Building. Three streetcars pass in the foreground, pedestrians mill about, and cars are parked in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel. "Cadillac Sq. 1914," is printed in the lower left.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views