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- Description:
- Large black and white photographic print depicting City Hall decorated in mourning of President William McKinley following his assassination on September 14, 1901, as viewed from street level in Campus Martius facing west. A large painting of him has been hung above the building's doors, and large dark drapes are hung along the building's front. A horse-drawn carriage, several cyclists, and many pedestrians are in the foreground. Electric streetcar lines are suspended overhead. Peninsular Savings Bank is visible in the background down Fort Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of a man in an early runabout-style car parked on the west side of Woodward Avenue at Atwater Street. A sign reading "Sheriff 1912" is hung from one of the car's roof supports. H.D. Edwards and Company's building stands in the background. Other signs posted on the building advertise "Sail Makers and Rigging[...]" and "Awnings, Tents" in reference to the J.C. Gloss Company and the Detroit Awning and Tent Company, who also shared that building.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- 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
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white print negative of a photograph and caption clipped from the March 18, 1934 Detroit News, depicting a row of storefronts on the east side of Woodward Avenue, near John R Street in 1899. Caption reads: WOODWARD AVENUE (east side), in 1899. F.J. Schwanovsky music house at John R. corner. D.D. Spellman photographic studio on second floor. Adjoining was Baron & McBean, mantels, grates and tiles. A.T. Knowlson's next. Also pictured are the storefronts for C.M. Hayes and Company, Photographers, and Jewel Gas Ranges and Gas Heaters. A horse-drawn sleigh and a horse carriage are in the street.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print depicting Monroe Street as viewed from across Campus Martius, however the image is incorrectly captioned on the verso as "Cadillac Square as viewed from City Hall, March 10, 1918." The camera was positioned near the curb in front of City Hall. A streetlight pole is to the right. A car passes heading south on Woodward Avenue. Pedestrians, other automobiles, and electric streetcars also traverse Campus Martius. The Detroit Opera House is in the background on the left. A large sign reading, "Join the Navy for Quick Action," has been posted adjacent to it. The businesses of the Monroe Block, including a pool hall, are in the central background. A billboard for Blackstone Cigars has been posted atop the Second Williams Block. Remnants of winter slush cover the street and sidewalk.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting a northward view along Woodward Avenue from Jefferson Avenue. The Avenue Theatre is on the immediate right. Further along Woodward, a sign advertising a tailor is visible. Streetcars, horse carriages, pedestrians, and cyclists are in the street. In the distant background, a portion of a moonlight tower can be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting the Smart Block on the southeast corner of Woodward Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, taken from an elevated position on the opposite corner. The storefronts along this corner include, Yates Clothing, the Boston Shoe Store, A. Amberg and Company, Campbell and Linn Dry Goods, and another clothing store. The structure to the right of Campbell and Linn appears to either have been partially demolished or be under construction. The Franklin House and a pair of church steeples of St. Anne's Church are in the background. It is printed on art paper and is framed in an off-white cardstock frame. Handwritten note on verso of copy notes, "c.1855-57 ([Silas] Farmer says block torn down 1857," referring to the author of the 1884 book The History of Detroit and Michigan. Matting is yellowed cardstock. First copy is cropped closer at the left and bottom, but high at the top. Second copy is black and white.
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photo of City Hall and the Majestic Building as taken from a window of the Russell House to the southeast. Woodmere, Brush, and Woodward line streetcars are in Campus Martius, including cars 386 and 290. A horse-drawn cart carrying several large potted ferns is on Ford Street beside City Hall's lawn. Several horse-drawn carriages are on Woodward in front of City Hall. A man in a white suit picks up horse droppings in the intersection of Woodward and Ford using a large scoop and a shovel. A moonlight tower stands on the south corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenue. Signs for C.A. Shafer are posted on the side of the Majestic Building. A mimeographed caption is on the verso, along with an impression of a photo of William C. Maybury: This picture was taken in the central business portion of the city of Detroit from a window of a hotel known as the Russell House.. The hotel is situated on the South East corner of Woodward Avenue and Cadillac Square. The photograph is made from a negative taken in the fall of 1900 and is a fairly good representation of exterior photography, at this date. The photograph was made by C.M. Hayes and Co., a firm engaged in general photography.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white photograph made from a glass plate negative that depicts the west side of Woodward Avenue from Columbia looking toward Montcalm Street. Pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk and in the avenue, and a man sweeps in the street. Horse carriages are also visible. Many businesses are adjacent to Woodward Avenue including Farrells Furs, Chas. Trickery Grocery, O'Neill Hoffner Washington Market, La Childs Restaurant, and in the distance is the Elliott Taylor Woolfenden Company. Written on the verso: "Woodward, west side from Columbia, to Montcalm looking North, May 1910."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of two men in conductor's uniforms, likely Detroit United Railway workers, collecting funds to support the Boston street car strike along the sidewalk on the west side of Woodward Avenue between Atwater Street and the riverfront. The men hold tambourines and stand beside a small cart bearing a sign that reads, "Help the Striking Street Car Men of Boston, Mass." Several other people stand nearby including a boy who appears to be selling newspapers. H.D. Edwards and Company stands in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views