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- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photograph showing the front of the Old City Hall (left) and the Majestic Building (right). Fort Street can be seen at the far left side of the photo, Woodward Avenue is visible in the foreground, and Michigan Avenue is visible between the Old City Hall and the Majestic Building. The busy street scene on Woodward includes streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, a bicyclist, and a street sweeper. Business names that are visible include "The Home Savings Bank" and "C. A. Shafer." Typewritten text on the verso shows "This picture was taken in the central business portion of the city of Detroit and from the window of a [building?]."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Anniversaries
- Description:
- Large sepia-toned photograph taken of the ceremonial final run of a horse-drawn Detroit Fire Department fire apparatus on April 10, 1922. Three uniformed firefighters riding on a fire engine being drawn by a team of three horses south along Woodward Avenue, as taken from the west side of Woodward south of Grand River Avenue. The Shaw Building and Rayl's Hardware stand in the background. Spectators line the sidewalk, and peer through the windows overlooking the street. The photo is mounted on linen.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the Godfrey Block and several adjacent storefronts on Woodward Avenue, near Gratiot Avenue. The visible businesses along this row include John Harvey, Drugs and Medicine; D.M. Ferry and Company; William C. House and Company; Pixley and Cleveland, Mattresses, Bedding, and Furniture; a sewing machine store; a book binder; Freedman and Brothers; and the Weber Furniture Company's Warehouse. A horse-drawn wagon and carriage are stopped along the sidewalk. "1870's" handwritten on verso, along with "M-1847-6" in pen and "Dept. Report & Info. Comm." stamped.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted sepia-toned photograph of the exterior of Sarah Jane Allen's hair dressing store at 175 Woodward Avenue. Three women and a man pose outside of the storefront's door. A sign for the adjacent Exclusive Tin Type Gallery is posed beside a doorway leading to an upward stairway. "July 15, 1887," is handwritten on the bottom edge of the photo.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Print. Large sepia-toned photographic print depicting the west side of Woodward Avenue from Clifford Street to Grand Circus Park (as indicated on verso). Businesses along this stretch include A.B. Sears Undertaking, Horton's Scotch Bakery, Jas N. Davie Harness, Wolff's Trunk Factory, a cigar and liquor store, and Detroit's Throat and Lung Institute. A freestanding sign for Howe's Sewing Machines is posted on the sidewalk on the east side. Grand Circus Park is visible in the background on the right. Streetcar rails, two horse-drawn wagons and several people are in view as well. "Mrs. Anna S. Randall, 103 Woodland, Detroit," and "Before 1888" also handwritten on verso.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Photograph. Glossy black and white photograph of six firemen who are riding on a fire truck in a parade on Woodward Ave. at Campus Martius. Businesses that are visible in the background include Golde Clothes and John Roesink Good Clothes. Also in the background is a crowd of people who are standing on the sidewalk. Handwriting on the verso notes "April 10, 1922; Parade; Last run of steam fire engine; 1917 Chemical Seagrave Engine 3." A blue ink stamp on the verso notes "Photograph by The Detroit News; Not to be Published."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a circular sepia-toned image of L.L. Farnsworth's shoe store on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue as taken from the south. A sign posted on the southern face of the building advertises, "boots, shoes, and rubbers." Signs for Marratt's photo studio, and J.L. Hudson's clothing visible on the sides of their respective buildings in the background. Streetcar tracks run along Michigan in the foreground, and numerous pedestrians are in view. The card has a burgundy border with a gold edge. A Kodak mark and a floral pattern are printed on the verso of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of the east side of Woodward Avenue, Grand River to John R, looking north as noted on the verso. Pedestrians cross the busy thoroughfare behind a north-bound street car in the foreground of the image; others also populate the sidewalks which neighbor the thoroughfare. Many businesses and commercial buildings are adjacent to the thoroughfare including, Gray and Worchester Drugs; C. Hopp and Company Photographers; Kuhn's; and the Ferguson Building. In the background is the Schwankovsky Temple of Music.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print. Black and white print of a glass-plate negative of a street view of the west side of Woodward Avenue, looking north, between Clifford and Park, as noted on the verso. Many businesses neighbor the thoroughfare including Newton Annis Furs; Grinnell Brothers Pianos; Washington Arcade; Germain Pianos; and Keenan and Jahn Ltd. Pedestrians and horse carriages are visible adjacent to Woodward; also construction is occurring on Woodward in front of Annis Furs and Grinnell Pianos.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Print. Black and white photographic print of Woodward Avenue and State Street. A carriage advertising D. Levy and Sons Fish, Oysters and Game walks past the Taylor Woolfenden and Company, as well as R.H. Traver. Pedestrians are visible crossing the thoroughfare as well as walking along the sidewalk. The facades of the neighboring merchants are heavily ornamented with red, white and blue fabrics, as well as portraits of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
