Color postcard from 1940 showing an aerial view of Tiger Stadium (then Briggs Field) on Michigan Avenue and the Detroit, Michigan skyline. The Detroit River and Ontario, Canada are visible in the background. Tiger Stadium was built in 1912 and was...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.); Tiger Stadium (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); U.S. Route 12 (Mich.); aerial views; skyscrapers; cityscapes; sports fieldss; sports & recreation facilities;...
Color postcard from 1938 depicting the skyline of Detroit, Michigan from the Canadian shore across the Detroit River. The two tallest buildings in the skyline are the Greater Penobscot Building, built in 1928, and the Guardian Building, built in...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.); Greater Penobscot Building (Detroit, Mich.); Guardian Building (Detroit, Mich.); Rowland, Wirt C. (Wirt Clinton), 1878-1946; Smith, Hinchman and Grylls; cityscapes; skyscrapers;...
Color postcard from circa 1910-1911 showing Cadillac Square looking east from Detroit City Hall (now One Kennedy Square) in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 to commemorate Michigan soldiers' and...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Pontchartrain Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); buildings; courthouses; hotels;...
Color postcard from circa 1928-1930 showing a view down Washington Boulevard from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. The building in the foreground on the left is the David Whitney Building, built in 1915 and designed by Daniel Burnham. On the...
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Color postcard from approximately 1912 depicting a scene on Woodward Avenue, looking north in Detroit, Michigan. The white skyscraper on the left is the Ford Building, built in 1909. The skyscraper at the far right is the Majestic Building, built...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Ford Building (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; office buildings; stores; streetcars; carriages and coaches; skyscrapers; automotive...
Color postcard from circa 1926-1929 showing the Ford Motor Company Fordson Plant in the upper frame and the Lincoln Motor Company in the lower frame, in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Ford Motor Company; Lincoln Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.); automotive industry; aerial views; manufacturing; factories; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1926-1929 of the Book-Cadillac Hotel building in Detroit, Michigan. The hotel was built in 1924 and designed by Louis Kamper. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Book-Cadillac Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Kamper, Louis, 1861-1953; buildings; hotels; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1926-1929 showing the Packard Motor Car Company plant in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
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Color postcard from circa 1926-1929 showing the Detroit-Michigan Stove Company (named so after a 1926 merger of the Detroit Stove Works and the Michigan Stove Company) in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack...
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Color postcard from circa 1926-1929 depicting the Cadillac Motor Car Company factory in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
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Color postcard from circa 1926-1929 of the Parke-Davis & Co. campus in Detroit, Michigan. Until it was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1970, Parke-Davis was America's oldest and largest pharmaceutical drug producer. The building in the foreground is...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Parke, Davis & Company; pharmaceutical industry; manufacturing; factories; aerial views; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 showing the Graham-Paige Motors Corporation factory in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
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Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company factory in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Burroughs Adding Machine Company; manufacturing; factories; aerial views; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 showing the old Chrysler Jefferson Plant on Jefferson Avenue on the east side of Detroit, Michigan. The facility was built in 1907 and was originally the headquarters of Chalmers Motor Car Company. It was torn...
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Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 showing the Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Michigan. Opened in 1913, it was designed by the same firm that designed New York City's Grand Central Terminal and was used until 1988. This postcard is from the...
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Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 of the Hudson Motor Car Company facilities in Detroit, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
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Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 showing the large General Motors Building (later known as Cadillac Place) on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. Built in 1922 by architect Albert Kahn, the building was the second largest building by...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); General Motors Corporation; Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942; Grand Boulevard (Detroit, Mich.); Cadillac Place (Detroit, Mich.); buildings; office buildings; automotive industry; postcards
Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 of the Fisher Body Company plant no. 18 in Detroit, Michigan. Fisher Body had its start in building carriages, but transitioned into "horseless carriage" building. The company grew to create bodies for many of...
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Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 of the Statler Hotel at Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. The Statler was built in 1915, designed by George B. Post, and was demolished in 2005. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's...
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Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 of the Nos. 1 and 10 and Nos. 3 and 4 plants of the Studebaker Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit facilities were closed in 1926 and moved to join the other Studebaker plants in South Bend, Indiana....
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Studebaker Corporation; Studebaker-Packard Corporation; automotive industry; factories; manufacturing; buildings; postcards