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- Description:
- Retouched sepia-toned photo of a row of horse-drawn streetcars on Woodward Avenue taken from the southwest corner of Woodward and Jefferson Avenue, facing north. Destination signs for "Myrtle Street" and "Farnsworth Street and Grand Trunk Depot" are displayed on two of the cars. The sky had been painted a solid beige in a previous generation of this print, and the streetcar rails in the foreground, and several pedestrians have been outlined in grey in this print. S. Karpele's Clothing stands on the right.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Mounted black and white photo taken from an elevated position overlooking the crowd gathered in Grand Circus park to watch a southbound parade of streetcars on Woodward Avenue held to promote Timken streetcar trucks on January 8, 1931. A horse-drawn car leads a column of electric cars. Two newsreel film crews, including Hearst Metrotone News, shoot the parade. The sign for Fyfe's Shoes is in the background on the left. Central United Methodist Church stands in the center of the background, on the northeast side of the park.
- Date Issued:
- 1931-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
