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- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the ice fountain in the median of Washington Boulevard. In the foreground are benches Dated 3/1901.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the ice fountain on the median of Washington Boulevard, facing east with the Cadillac Hotel in the background. Printed on recto: Our Mr. Geo. Huntington will call about ……………. Murphy Chair Co., Detroit, Mich. Postmarked Jan 7, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print, taken of another photo depicting a woman in a long dark dress and hat walking along the sidewalk aside a man in a suit and hat in front of a row of two-story, wood-sided houses on Washington Boulevard. A larger building on the left edge of the frame has a partially visible sign which reads, "Furniture and Draperies." "Old houses on Washington Ave. (1898)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a view along Washington Boulevard, facing north from Michigan Avenue. In view are pedestrians and the Alexander Macomb monument. In the background is an ice fountain in the median. Dated 2-11-1918
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of the exterior of the Detroit Edison Company office on the southeast corner of Washington Boulevard and State Street, as taken from an elevated position to the northwest. A large flag is flown from the building's roof. An Albert A. Albrecht Company, Builders sign is posted on a construction canopy over the sidewalk along the office's State Street face. Signs for shoe repair and jewelry stores are posted on the Sun Building, beside Detroit Edison along State. The edge of the Cadillac Hotel, to the south of Detroit Edison along Washington, is visible along the right edge of frame. Cars, pedestrians, and streetcar rails are visible in the streets below. "General Office - Detroit Edison War Flag Raising," and "M-5237 4-6-17." are printed along the bottom edge of the image.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the ice fountain on the median of Washington Boulevard, facing north. Printed on verso: Ice Fountain, Washington Boulevard. One of the unique features of Detroit in winter is the famous ice fountain on Washington Boulevard. Several jets of water are allowed to play all winter, and the result is a massive berg of ice which sometimes reaches a height of nearly thirty feet and contains many tons of crystal. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Feb 21, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print captioned on the verso as "Washington Boulevard, iceberg at park, March 10th 1918." It depicts the ice fountain on the median of Washington Boulevard, north of Michigan Avenue, as viewed from the west side of Washington, facing northeast. A streetlight pole is in the foreground. Several spectators are gathered around the fountain. The Cadillac Hotel is on the right. St. Aloysius Catholic Church is visible beyond the fountain, and the David Whitney Building is in the distance at the left.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the ice fountain in the median of Washington Boulevard. In the background is the Cadillac Hotel. Dated 1/1904.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the exterior of the William Fox Washington Theatre, as taken from Washington Boulevard. Posters and lobby cards promoting the film, "The Town that Forgot God," are posted around the entrance. A phonograph's horn speaker and several books are displayed in the store window to the left of the theater. "1314-13," is printed in the lower right corner. A Commercial Photo Service Company stamp is on the verso. The photo is mounted on linen, with a flap on the left edge for binding it into a photo album.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view along Washington Boulevard, facing north from Michigan Avenue. In view are parked automobiles, pedestrians, the Cadillac Hotel, Alexander Macomb Monument and St. Aloysius Catholic Church in the background. A sign reads "Parisian Laundry Co." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Feb 17, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
