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Detroit - "Capital [sic] Square Park, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from circa 1901-1906 showing the southerly view of Capitol Park and Griswold Street in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Capitol Park (Detroit, Mich.); Griswold Street (Detroit, Mich.); parks; street scenes; cityscapes; streetcars; postcards
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Detroit - "The Detroit River, Site of the Famous Harmsworth Trophy Races"
Color postcard from circa 1940-1950 showing the Detroit River and banks, with the Whittier hotel on the far left in Detroit, Michigan. The Harmsworth Cup, a motorboat competition between nations, was held on the Detroit River twelve times between...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.); The Whittier (Detroit, Mich.); Agree, Charles N. (Charles Nathanial), 1897-1982; rivers; hotels; docks; postcards
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Detroit - "Broadway, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 depicting a scene on Broadway Street, looking southeast, in Detroit, Michigan. The tall building on the left is the Breitmeyer Building (also known as the Breitmeyer-Tobin Building and now known as the Harmonie...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Broadway Street (Detroit, Mich.); Hotel Ste. Claire (Detroit, Mich.); Harmonie Center (Detroit, Mich.); Breitmeyer-Tobin Building (Detroit, Mich.); street scenes; parks; streetcars; carriages and coaches;...
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Detroit - "Soldier's Monument, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from approximately 1906 showing the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872, on the southest corner of Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); monuments; postcards
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Detroit - "Woodward Avenue, Looking South, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from circa 1922-1930 of Woodward Avenue, looking south from Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The J. L. Hudson Department Store (Hudson's) on the left eventually made up the entire block before being demolished in 1998. The...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; J. L. Hudson Building (Detroit, Mich.); J. L Hudson Company (Detroit, Mich.); Smith, Hinchman and Grylls; First National Building (Detroit, Mich.); Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942; department stores;...
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Detroit - "Grand Circus Park, Downtown Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from 1936 depicting a view of Grand Circus Park and surrounding buildings, from the center of Grand Circus Park on Woodward Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan. The building on the left is the David Whitney building, built in 1915 by Daniel...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Grand Circus Park (Detroit, Mich.); Kales Building (Detroit, Mich.); Hotel Tuller (Detroit, Mich.); David Whitney Building (Detroit, Mich.); Statler Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Kahn, Albert,...
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Detroit -"General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan"
Color postcard from 1938 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 capacity at its...
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
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Detroit - "Fort and Shelby Streets, showing Penobscot, Peoples State Bank and Detroit Trust Co.'s Buildings, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from approximately 1919 showing the Penobscot, Peoples State Bank and Detroit Trust Company buildings in on Fort and Shelby Streets in Detroit, Michigan. The two tall buildings on the left are the original 1905 Penobscot building in...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Fort Street (Detroit, Mich.); Shelby Street (Detroit, Mich.); Penobscot Building (Detroit, Mich.); Penobscot Building Annex (Detroit, Mich.); Penobscot Block (Detroit, Mich.); Peoples State Bank (Detroit,...
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Detroit - "Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from approximately 1958 depicting the Campus Martius looking southwest in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The buildings shown in this image are, from far left to far right: First National Building (Albert Kahn, 1922), Guardian Building...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Hammond Building (Detroit, Mich.); ; Guardian Building (Detroit, Mich.); Buhl...
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Detroit - "Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from circa 1910-1915 depicting Woodward Avenue looking north towards Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. The white skyscraper on the left is the Ford Building, built in 1909. In the background on the right is the Majestic Building,...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Ford Building (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; streetcars; street scenes; stores; storefronts; automobiles; automotive industry;...
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Detroit - "Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from circa 1926-1935 of Woodward Avenue from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Madison Theater, one of several theaters in Detroit built by John Kunsky and architect C. Howard Crane. The 1806 seat movie...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Madison Theatre (Detroit, Mich.); David Whitney Building (Detroit, Mich.); David Broderick Tower (Detroit, Mich.); Book Building (Detroit, Mich.); Book-Cadillac Hotel (Detroit, Mich.);...
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Detroit - "Woodward Avenue, North of Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from circa 1916 depicting Woodward Avenue looking north towards Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. On the far left, the grey skyscraper is the 1916 addition to the Penobscot Building, located on Congress Street. The white...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Penobscot Building Annex (Detroit, Mich.); Penobscot Block (Detroit, Mich.); Ford Building (Detroit, Mich.); Dime Building (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Burnham, Daniel...
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Detroit - "Washington Avenue, Detroit, Mich."
Color postcard from 1904 of Grand Circus Park at Washington Avenue (now Boulevard) in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Grand Circus Park (Detroit, Mich.); Washington Boulevard (Detroit, Mich.); parks; people; postcards
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