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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. A triumphal arch has been erected over Woodward Avenue, between John R Street and Witherell Street with several flags displayed on top and on both its piers. A pair of streetcar tracks extend from the camera toward the horizon, and a horse-drawn streetcar passes under the arch, approaching the camera. The buildings along Woodward, including the store of C.W. Maynard, Druggist, are draped with flags and striped banners. "Woodward Ave. Detroit. Arch erected for G.A.R. meet there. City crowded. I'm Lisbon, Ohio, returned to Detroit right after this reunion of Grand Army of the Republic (Civil War veterans)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Woodward Avenue, facing north from Campus Martius. Signs read "Heyn's Bazaar" and "Weil & Co." Pedestrians fill the street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned cabinet card depicting a snow-covered view of Woodward Avenue near Gratiot Avenue, plus two black and white 8" x 10" copies. A freestanding sign for J. Younghusband, Dental Rooms is in the foreground. A horse-drawn sleigh heads away along Woodward, while another, loaded with boxes, is stopped on the opposite side of the street, in front of the Godfrey Block. On that side of Woodward signs are posted for Wheeler and Wilson's Viewing Machinery, L.P. Durkee, William Bond Furniture, a Singer sewing machine store, J.M. Arnold and Co. Books and Stationery, Butterick's Patterns, Gibbs Books and Stationery, Gilmore, a dentist, a sewing notions store, Freedman and Bros. Dry Goods and Millinery, and the Weber Furniture Company Warehouse. Several pedestrians are also on the street. The bottom of the card is printed with "C.C. Randall, Randall Studio Building, Detroit, 106 Miami Ave." "Woodward Ave." has been added in pencil. Verso contains explanation of dating based on Randall's address in pencil.
- Date Issued:
- 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the west side of Woodward Avenue, from the intersection of Grand River Avenue. Signs read "William H. Elliott Co" and "Sensational Sale of Summer Resort Pianos". In the background is Grand Circus Park. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 23, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white street view photograph from a glass plate negative of the west side of Woodward Avenue, looking south, between Henry and Sibley. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk neighboring the avenue. Commercial buildings are adjacent to the thoroughfare, including the Hotel Hofman, an automobile is parked in front of the hotel. The spires of a church are visible in the background. Written on the verso, "West side of Woodward, looking south, between Henry and Sibley, 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the east side of Woodward Avenue from the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue. A sign reads "Niblock & Rice Hardware, Jewel Stoves and Ranges, Plumbing & Tin Work, Bicycle Repairing, Glass, Paints & Oils." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 25, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned photograph of the building containing Sarah Jane Allen's hair dressing shop and Richard Webber Allen's real estate business at 219 Woodward Avenue between Grand River and Clifford Street as taken from the east side of the street, facing southwest. A sign reading "Allen 1891," is incorporated into the building's brickwork below its cornice. A pharmacy, music store, restaurant, and a tobacconist are visible in adjacent storefronts. Several pedestrians are on the sidewalk. "July 1891, Mrs. R.W. Allen's Hair Shop," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Woodward Avenue, facing north from the intersection of State Street. Signs read "S. S. Kresge Co." and "Weil & Co." Automobiles fill the street. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 5, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a Walker & Co. advertisement for the Detroit Creamery painted on the side of the Holland Furnace Co. that reads, "Detroit Creamery Pasteurized Milk, The Best Hot Weather Drink for Everybody" and showing a cow. In the foreground is a war garden. In the background are businesses on the east side of Woodward Avenue between Rosedale Court and Englewood Street, including Ansorge & Schlen Pharmacists, Haviland's candy shop, and grocery store. Also in view is a Ford Model T pickup.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One black and white photograph of Woodward Avenue near Michigan Avenue. The elevated view looks northeastward with Michigan Avenue in the foreground and Woodward Avenue running across the photo in the background. A busy street scene is shown with many storefronts, pedestrians, automobiles, and streetcars.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
