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
Black and white photograph from circa 1940-1950 of the White House Tea Room in Idlewild, Michigan. Idlewild was one of the most popular vacation destinations in Michigan during the first half of the Twentieth Century. It was also one of the only...
Idlewild (Mich.); Lake County (Mich.); White House Tea Room (Idlewild, Mich.); buildings; restaurants;
Color photograph from 1982 of the Under the Eagle Restaurant at 9000 Joseph Campau Street in Hamtramck, Michigan. Part of the J. William Gorski Collection.
Hamtramck (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Under the Eagle Restaurant (Hamtramck, Mich.); Joseph Campau Street (Hamtramck, Mich.); restaurants; J. William Gorski Collection
Color photograph from 1982 showing Zosia's Restaurant at 2990 Yemans Street in Hamtramck, Michigan. Part of the J. William Gorski Collection.
Hamtramck (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Zosia's Restaurant (Hamtramck, Mich.); J. William Gorski Collection; Yemans Street (Hamtramck, Mich.); restaurants; automobiles
Black and white photograph of the Idlewild Clubhouse dining room in Idlewild, Michigan. Idlewild was one of the most popular vacation destinations in Michigan during the first half of the Twentieth Century. It was also one of the only vacation...
Idlewild (Mich.); Lake County (Mich.); Idlewild Clubhouse (Idlewild, Mich.); social clubs; restaurants; interiors;
Black and white photograph of the dining hall at the Club El-Morocco. The Club El-Morocco hosted such acts as Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. Idlewild was one of the most popular vacation destinations in Michigan during the...
Idlewild (Mich.); Lake County (Mich.); Club El-Morocco (Idlewild, Mich.); interiors; restaurants; nightclubs
Black and white photograph from circa 1901-1910 of Detroit Department of Public Works street cleaners and their wagons standing on Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit Dept. of Public Works; Cass Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); restaurants; street cleaners; children; men; people; carriages and coaches; bars; street scenes; sanitation workers;
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 1916 of Cadillac Square in the winter, looking south in Detroit, Michigan. On the right is the Gayety Burlesque Theater, which opened in 1912 and was closed and demolished in 1958.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Gayety Burlesque Theater (Detroit, Mich.); storefronts; street scenes; winter scenes; automobiles; theaters; tobacco stores; hardware stores; restaurants;
Black and white photograph from circa 1910-1920 showing a night scene on Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. On the right can be seen the sign for the Burns Hotel, built in 1905 at Cadillac Square and Bates Street, and bought out in 1917 to be...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Burns Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); buildings; hotels; theaters; night scenes; street scenes; streetcars; automobiles; restaurants
Black and white photograph from approximately 1970 of Monroe Street in the Greektown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. Old St. Mary's Church can be seen in the background.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Greektown neighborhood (Detroit, Mich.); Monroe Street (Detroit, Mich.); Old St. Mary's Church (Detroit, Mich.); street scenes; ; church buildings; restaurants; storefronts; automobiles;
Black and white photograph taken May 6, 1981 of Chene Street, between East Grand River Boulevard and East Milwaukee Avenue in the former Poletown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. In 1981, a large portion of this predominantly Polish neighborhood...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Poletown Neighborhood (Detroit, Mich.); Chene Street (Detroit, Mich.); restaurants; automobiles; street scenes
Black and white photograph taken May 6, 1981 of Chene Street, between East Grand Boulevard and East Milwaukee Avenue in what was the Poletown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. In 1981, this predominantly Polish neighborhood was razed amid much...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Chene Street (Detroit, Mich.); Poletown Neighborhood (Detroit, Mich.); storefronts; bars; restaurants; street scenes; automobiles
Black and white photograph from approximately 1958 of where Southfield Road, Five Mile Road and Grand River Avenue meet in Detroit, Michigan. The view is looking west towards Five Mile along Grand River Avenue, with the cars on the right sitting on...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Southfield Road (Detroit, Mich.); Grand River Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); Five Mile Road (Detroit, Mich.); automobiles; restaurants; diners; street scenes
Black and white photograph from approximately 1958 of Southfield Road just north of Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The diner in the image sits at the corner of Grand River and Southfield.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Southfield Road (Detroit, Mich.); restaurants; diners; automobiles; parking lots; street scenes; women; people