Black and white photograph from circa 1929-1935 of Crowley's Department Store Kern's Department Store on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Crowley's is directly on the left, with Kerns on the next block. Kern's expanded several times, and this...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Ernst Kern Dry Good Company (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; First National Building (Detroit, Mich.); Crowley, Milner and Co. (Detroit, Mich.);...
Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing the view up Washington Avenue, looking north, in Lansing, Michigan. On the right is Arbaugh's Department Store, built 1905. The retail store operated until the mid-1970s. The first white building on the...
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Arbaugh's Department Store; street scenes; stores; department stores; postcards
Black and white photo postcard from circa 1930-1940 of South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On the left is an S. S. Kresge Company store, the company which would become Kmart and whose headquarters were in Detroit.
Kalamazoo (Mich.); Kalamazoo County (Mich.); Burdick Street (Kalamazoo, Mich.); street scenes; S. S. Kresge Company; stores; storefronts; department stores; automobiles; postcards
Black and white photograph from 1953 depicting Maumee Street in Adrian, Michigan, looking west. Included in this view is the Croswell Theatre, now known as the Croswell Opera House.
Adrian (Mich.); Lenawee County (Mich.); Croswell Opera House (Adrian, Mich.); Kline's Department Store (Adrian, Mich.); Walper Furniture Company (Adrian, Mich.); Maumee Street (Adrian, Mich.); automobiles; street scenes; storefronts; stores;...
Black and white copy print of a photograph from 1916 showing Campus Martius and Woodward Avenue, looking north in Detroit, Michigan. On the right is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected 1872, and the Majestic Building (1896 -...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; J. L Hudson Company (Detroit,...
Black and white copy print of a photograph from 1914 showing a stretch of shops on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, including Kern's Department Store.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Ernst Kern Dry Good Company (Detroit, Mich.); streetcars; automobiles; stores; restaurants; storefronts; clothing stores; department stores; tobacco stores; people;
Black and white photograph from approximately 1960 showing the pedestrian shopping stretch of Burdick Street known as Kalamazoo Mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Black and white photograph from June 1936 of road construction on Saginaw Street in Flint, Michigan. Notation on back of image reads: "spudding off excess asphalt after pouring joints."
Flint (Mich.); Genesee County (Mich.); Saginaw Street (Flint, Mich.); construction sites; department stores; street scenes; theaters; construction workers; street scenes; men; people
Black and white photograph from 1936 showing Saginaw Street, looking north from city hall, decked out for the "Downtown Jubilee" in Flint, Michigan. The tall building to the right is the Mott Foundation Building (originally Union Industrial Bank...
Flint (Mich.); Genesee County (Mich.); Saginaw Street (Flint, Mich.); Mott Foundation Building (Flint, Mich.); street scenes; automobiles; storefronts; celebrations; department stores; clothing stores; restaurants; skyscrapers
Color postcard from circa 1950-1960 of Washington Avenue, looking north, in Lansing, Michigan. On the left is Knapp's Department Store, which replaced the Downey Hotel. The Boji Tower and Bank of Lansing Building (now Comerica Bank Building) are in...
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Washington Avenue (Lansing, Mich.); Knapp's Department Store (Lansing, Mich.); Bank of Lansing Building (Lansing, Mich.); Comerica Bank Building (Lansing, Mich.); Boji Tower (Lansing, Mich.); street scenes;...
Black and white photograph from circa 1940-1947 taken from the present day intersection of W Michigan Avenue (formerly Main Street) and Capital Avenue NE in Battle Creek, Michigan. This photograph shows the old storefront of the Grand Leader...
Battle Creek (Mich.); Calhoun County (Mich.); Michigan Avenue (Battle Creek, Mich.); Capital Avenue (Battle Creek, Mich.); Grand Leader Department Store (Battle Creek, Mich.); street scenes; people; carriages and coaches; department stores; stores
Black and white postcard from circa 1905-1910 of the Cameron & Arbaugh Department Store in Lansing, Michigan. In 1905 Cameron & Arbaugh's moved into this building, which at the time was Lansing's tallest building and largest department store.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Arbaugh's Department Store; department stores; stores; buildings; carriages and coaches; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1924-1929 showing Gratiot Avenue looking west from Farmer Street in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Kern's Department Store (the 1900-1929 building on Gratiot and Woodward Avenues). The tall building in the center...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Gratiot Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); Ernst Kern Dry Good Company (Detroit, Mich.); Book-Cadillac Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Kamper, Louis, 1861-1953; buildings; department stores; hotels; streetcars; cityscapes;...
Black and white photograph from the spring of 1926 of the view east from the Cass State Office Building, looking towards Arbaugh's Department Store in Lansing, Michigan.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Arbaugh's Department Store; cityscapes; department stores; buildings
Black and white photograph from the spring of 1926 of the view east from the Cass State Office Building, looking towards Arbaugh's Department Store (on right), Hotel Downey (center) and the new Masonic Temple (left), in Lansing, Michigan.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Hotel Downey (Lansing, Mich.); Arbaugh's Department Store; Masonic Temple (Lansing, Mich.); cityscapes; hotels; department stores; masonic buildings; buildings
Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing a bird's eye view of Gratiot Avenue, looking north east from just east of Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The red building on the left is the J. L. Hudson department store building (designed by the...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Gratiot Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); J. L. Hudson Building (Detroit, Mich.); Crowley, Milner and Co. (Detroit, Mich.); J. L Hudson Company (Detroit, Mich.); Smith, Hinchman and Grylls; department stores; stores;...
Black and white photograph from the spring of 1926 of the view east from the Cass State Office Building, looking towards Arbaugh's Department Store (on right) and the Hotel Downey (on left), in Lansing, Michigan.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Hotel Downey (Lansing, Mich.); Arbaugh's Department Store; cityscapes; hotels; department stores
Black and white photograph from 1926 of the view north up Woodward Avenue from the First National Building in Detroit, Michigan. Both Hudson's and Kern's department stores are on the right.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Ernst Kern Dry Good Company (Detroit, Mich.); J. L Hudson Company (Detroit, Mich.); J. L. Hudson Building (Detroit, Mich.); Smith, Hinchman and Grylls;...
Black and white photograph from circa 1955-1960 of the Detroit, Michigan riverfront and skyline, showing the area between Griswold and Randolph Streets. From left to right can be seen the Guardian Building, Hudson's Department Store, the First...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.); Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Ford Auditorium (Detroit, Mich.); First National Building (Detroit, Mich.); Guardian Building (Detroit, Mich.); J. L Hudson Company...