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Detroit - "Monroe Avenue, Detroit, Mich."

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Title	Detroit - "Monroe Avenue, Detroit, Mich."
Tags	Detroit (Mich.) Wayne County (Mich.) Cadillac Square Building (Detroit, Mich.) Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.) Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.) Monroe Street (Detroit, Mich.) Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.) Kamper, Louis, 1861-1953 buildings street scenes courthouses skyscrapers monuments streetcars cityscapes postcards
Description	Color postcard from 1919 showing Monroe Avenue at Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. The skyscraper in the image is the Cadillac Square Building, built in 1919 and designed by Louis Kamper. It was demolished and replaced by a parking lot in 1978. In the foreground, in front of the Cadillac Square Building in the image is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 in memory of fallen Michigan soldiers and sailors in the American Civil War. To the right, at the end of Cadillac Square is the old Wayne County Courthouse (now known as the Wayne County Building), which was built in 1902.
Creator	unknown
Publisher	Curt Teich, Chicago (Ill.)
Date	1919
Format	Image
Type	Postcard - Color
Negative Number	20760
Source	PH.17743; Town and City Scenes-Detroit-PF.2132
Rights	Use of this image requires permission from the Archives of Michigan
Order Information	To order please email: archives@mi.gov