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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. The photo was taken from an elevated position across Campus Martius, looking southwest, down Fort Street. Horse-drawn streetcars and their tracks are visible along both Woodward and Fort. City Hall and the base of the moonlight tower in front of it are visible on the right. At the left is the Hammond Building, draped in banners and indicated with a blue "X," and the Bagley Memorial Fountain. "Left side Detroit City Hall - (Mother's bank marked X.)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a northward view along Woodward Avenue from Jefferson Avenue. The Avenue Theatre is on the immediate right. Further along Woodward, a sign advertising a tailor is visible. Streetcars, horse carriages, pedestrians, and cyclists are in the street. In the distant background, a portion of a moonlight tower can be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print taken from an elevated position above Jefferson Avenue, facing northwest looking down Griswold Street. Signs are posted along the street of businesses which include Baird and West Brokers, Importers, and Manufacturers Agents, Van Leyen and Hensler Photo-Etching, Designing, and Wood Engraving, and a Postal Telegraph Office. The electric Myrtle streetcar is visible in the center of the photo, sharing the street with pedestrians and horse carriages. A moonlight tower rises above the intersection with East Larned Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. The photo was taken from an elevated position across Campus Martius, looking southwest, down Fort Street. Horse-drawn streetcars and their tracks are visible along both Woodward and Fort. City Hall and the base of the moonlight tower in front of it are visible on the right. At the left is the Hammond Building, draped in banners and indicated with a blue "X," and the Bagley Memorial Fountain. "Left side Detroit City Hall - (Mother's bank marked X.)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print containing three engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting sites in downtown Detroit. The top is captioned "Jefferson Avenue south from Woodward." A streetcar, perpendicular to the tracks is in the center of the road. "James Nall, Carpets" is printed on a building on right side of the street. Set into this image is one of the Chamber of Congress within a frame drawn to resemble a piece of paper hung with nails. The bottom image is captioned, "Griswold Street from Jefferson Avenue." The Campau Block on the west side of Griswold and the Newberry and McMillan Building on the east side are both labeled. A moonlight tower and the spire of City Hall are both visible in the background. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are in the street.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a northward view along Woodward Avenue from Jefferson Avenue. The Avenue Theatre is on the immediate right. Further along Woodward, a sign advertising a tailor is visible. Streetcars, horse carriages, pedestrians, and cyclists are in the street. In the distant background, a portion of a moonlight tower can be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
