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- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of Woodward, east side Larned to Congress, looking north, as noted on the verso. Two men are visible in the foreground crossing the avenue over the street car tracks in opposing directions; many pedestrians are also visible on the neighboring sidewalk. Automobiles are parked adjacent to the commercial buildings on the thoroughfare; and a street car is also visible. Commercial buildings and businesses are adjacent to Woodward including Hotel Oxford, Ben-Hur Cigars, Princess Theatre, and Dickerson and Company. One storefront is missing its facade. The backside of the Hotel Pontchartrain is visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white trifold postcard depicting a panoramic west facing view of Campus Martius with many pedestrians and streetcars. Some buildings are identified. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Feb 28, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Postcard. Illustration of Cadillac Square. Front reads, "Cadillac Square, looking East from City Hall, Detroit, Mich." Back reads, "Cadillac Square, Detroit, Mich. Cadillac Square runs east from Campus Martius to County Building and was named after the founder of Detroit. Antoine de Laumet De La Mothe Cadillac. Cadillac Chair is located on the west, which was formerly the site of the Old City Hall, built in 1836 and occupied until 1871 as the seat of Civic Authority. Cadillac arrived in Detroit July 24, 1701. On that day, under patronage the of Louis XIV, the City of Detroit, then called for Pontchartrain was founded..." The card was mailed and the postmark on back reads, "Detroit, Nov. 30, 2:30 pm, 1914, Mich." The one sign that can be read reads, "Turkish Trophies."
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of Woodward, east side Larned to Congress, looking north, as noted on the verso. Two men are visible in the foreground crossing the avenue over the street car tracks in opposing directions; many pedestrians are also visible on the neighboring sidewalk. Automobiles are parked adjacent to the commercial buildings on the thoroughfare; and a street car is also visible. Commercial buildings and businesses are adjacent to Woodward including Hotel Oxford, Ben-Hur Cigars, Princess Theatre, and Dickerson and Company. One storefront is missing its facade. The backside of the Hotel Pontchartrain is visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society