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- Description:
- Image of a Renaissance Center billboard near the construction site which shared features of the five buildings that encompass the complex.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Building the Detroit Renaissance Center
- Description:
- Image of an unidentified building in the vicinity of the Renaissance Center construction site.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Building the Detroit Renaissance Center
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U engine. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, engine, left side elevation, mounted on chassis, photographed at Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- Image of a Renaissance Center tower with attached derrick, which is a device is used for hoisting and moving heavy loads or objects.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Building the Detroit Renaissance Center
- Description:
- Image of the building at the corner of Woodbridge and Rivard Streets. This location is approximately three blocks north of the Renaissance Center building site.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Building the Detroit Renaissance Center
- Description:
- Image of the Renaissance Center construction site, as seen on Randolph Street. Sign indicating the Ammex duty free shop at the Tunnel to Canada entrance is seen at the top and a drill rig is visible on the right side of the photograph.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Building the Detroit Renaissance Center
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U close up three-quarter front, with leather lamp covers, house in back right. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, touring car, fitted with folding cape top, folding 2-piece glass front, dust covers for side, head lamps, glass front closed, photographed near Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 7x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of four 1924 Packards used by the Detroit Fire Department. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 226, second series six, 6-cylinder, 54-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase. Left to right: Assistant chief's car 2/4 person runabout (body type #223), Chief's car, 5-person touring (body type #220), Apparatus chief's and Building chief's cars, both 2/4 person runabouts (body type #223). All four cars carry 1925 Mich. license plates; photographed in front of Detroit Fire Department headquarters. Original photo by Kalec-Forster, Detroit, Mich.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1909 Packard 30 Model UB with Detroit firemen, on residential street, two horse drawn apparatuses in background. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 123-inch wheelbase, Packard serial no. 7502, fire department squad car, shop no. 35, first piece of motorized fire apparatus in Detroit, delivered Sept. 1908-placed in service Oct. 1908, Engine #30, on Hastings St. downtown Detroit, was one of the first "Flying Squadrons" in the U.S.; on Oct. 18th 1910 a second Packard was purchased to replace original, the 1909 was then used to form another "Flying Squadron" known as Engine #34 operating in the quarters of Engine Co. 5 at Cass & Alexandrine St., a third Packard was purchased in Oct. 1912 & was placed in service as Engine #30, the 1910 became Engine #36 & the 1909 was used to organize another "Flying Squadron"; Engine #36 operated in the quarters of Engine Co. 18 on Mount Elliot near Sylvester Ave., a fourth Packard was placed in service on Jan. 18th, 1918 as the 4th Detroit "Flying Squadron"; Engine #40 shared quarters with Engine Co. 27 at Junction & Rodgers, during a department reorganization later in 1918 the four squadrons were designated as rescue squadrons 1, 2, 3, & 4, responding to a fire call on June 6th, 1921, the 1909 Packard was involved in a collision & was sold for scrap.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- Image showing employee parking at the base of the Renaissance Center during construction. This is a view of the northeast side of the site with visible derricks and scaffolding.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Building the Detroit Renaissance Center