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- Color postcard depicting a street view up Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, with pedestrians, streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles. Printed on verso: Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2139, "Detroit, Mich" Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Sepia tone postcard depicting north facing view of Campus Martius, with many pedestrians and streetcars. Handwritten message on recto reads " This is the 'Heart of Detroit'. (x) is the City Hall (not shown), M- the Majestic Bldg., D- the Detroit Opera House. The streetcar is going up Woodward Ave. The swell business st. This is a beautiful city - I wish I lived here. It beats the East." Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting an elevated north facing view of Campus Martius, with many pedestrians, streetcars, and a moonlight tower. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Aug 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Colorized halftone print of a photograph depicting the west side of Campus Martius, as viewed from an elevated position, likely from the Pontchartrain Hotel. The primary copy has bolder colors and is mounted on beige cardstock. The secondary copy has lighter colors, and includes the title, "'The Heart of Detroit' - Reproduced from Photograph," as well as the notation, " Jos. Mack, Printer, Detroit." Both versions include captions below labeling the Post Office, City Hall, Pardridge and Blackwell in the Majestic Building, the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Merrill Fountain, and the Opera House. A sign reading, "Welcome National Hay Association" is posted on the front of City Hall. The moonlight tower in front of City Hall on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue is visible. Electric streetcars, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians are on the streets below. "1902-1903" handwritten on lower right corner of secondary copy, and "Fine Cigars and Tobacco, Confectionary, Soft Drinks, and School Supplies, Etc., 528 Dix Ave. Detroit, Mich." stamped on its verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a view up Monroe Street and the Detroit Opera House, Temple Theatre, and Merrill Fountain, with many pedestrians and a streetcar in the foreground. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Aug 22, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Sepia tone postcard depicting a view up Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, with pedestrians, streetcars, horse-drawn vehicles, and a moonlight tower. Printed on verso: No. 507. Detroit, Mich., City Hall square. A.C. Dietsche, Detroit, Mich.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a north facing street view of Campus Martius, with many pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Print containing six engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting locations in Detroit, spread across two leafs. The long image at the top right is a scene, captioned, "Detroit harbor showing water front of city and character of shipping." Several dock workers move bags and barrels at the bottom, while in the background, sailing ships and steamships travel along the river. Below, another long panel depicts a north-facing view of Woodward Avenue, extending from Campus Martius. Shops on the corner of Michigan Avenue, and Woodward Avenue, including Hudson and Symington are depicted. The Opera House is also pictured, housing J.L. Hudson's. An optician, Hull Brothers Family Groceries, and Chas. A. Werner Glassware are depicted as well. Several moonlight towers are visible in the distance. Harper Hospital is in the topmost of the three panels, arranged vertically on the far right. Below are the police headquarters at Bates Street and Farmer Street and the house of correction at the present site of Eastern Market.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Print containing six engravings, taken from the booklet, Souvenir of Detroit & Exposition, depicting locations in Detroit. The Whitney Building is at the upper left. The Opera House is at the upper right. A "view on Woodward Ave." which includes Metcalf Brothers and Company and the Godfrey Block, is at the center left. To the right of this image is the Mechanics Block or the McGraw Building at Griswold Street and Lafayette Avenue. At the bottom are the Scotten Block, on the left, and the Ferry Building on Woodward, on the right.
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting the Opera House following the fire that consumed it in 1897. Much of the Opera House and the surrounding block, including the Henry R. Leonard Furniture Company, Wright, Kay, and Company and Michell are destroyed. The photo was taken from an elevated position, across Campus Martius, facing northeast. Monroe Street extends along the right edge of the frame, and Woodward Avenue is at the lower left. A portion of the moonlight tower in front of City Hall rises along the right edge of the frame. A crowd is gathered in Campus Martius. Signs are visible in the background for H.J. Caulkins Detroit and Michigan Dental Depot, and D.M. Ferry and Company Photo is mounted to off-white matting with a textured frame around the image. "Mrs. Catherine McDuff Davies 10/26/33" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
