Black and white photograph from approximately 1936 showing Woodward Avenue looking south from Winder Street in Detroit, Michigan. From 1934-1936 Woodward Avenue was widened, forcing the churches on this stretch to be moved and/or altered. The...
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Color postcard from circa 1912-1920 of the view east down Jefferson Avenue from Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit River is on the right.
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Black and white stereograph from circa 1880-1890 of a boy at a public drinking fountain on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. In the background is a horsecar, the precursor to electric streetcars.
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Black and white from circa 1970-1980 of Jefferson Avenue, looking west toward the Coleman A. Young Municiple Building and One Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
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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...
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Color postcard from approximately 1911 showing Woodward Avenue, looking north from just north of Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The tall building in the background on the west side of Woodward is the Majestic Building, built in 1896 by...
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Color postcard from circa 1910-1913 of Woodward Avenue looking north in Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Hazen S. Pingree statue, erected after his sudden death while on safari in 1903. On the right is the steeple of the...
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Color postcard from circa 1910-1912 of the view north from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. The Central United Methodist Church, built in 1865 by Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, is in the center. On the right is the large YMCA Building, built in...
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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...
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Black and white reproduction of a photograph from approximately 1900 showing the southwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Fort Street in Detroit, Michigan. This image was reproduced in a 1950 calendar published for the Detroit Trust Company.
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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...
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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...
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 showing the intersection of Woodward and Michigan Avenues, looking north from Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. The tall building on the corner is the Majestic Building, built in 1896 by Daniel Burnham. On the...
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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...
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Color postcard from 1906 showing Woodward Avenue, looking north from just north of Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The tall building in the background on the west side of Woodward is the Majestic Building, built in 1896 by Daniel H. Burnham...
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Black and white stereograph from circa 1898-1905 of Woodward Avenue, looking north from Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit City Hall (1871) can be seen in the background.
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Black and white photograph from approximately 1926 taken from the Bob-Lo docks along the Detroit River, looking north up Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The First National Building is in the background, built in 1922 by Albert Kahn.
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