Traffic Light on Grand River Avenue East, Downtown Detroit, Michigan, circa 1922

Summary

Regulating traffic flow and keeping pedestrian safe along a busy commercial Detroit street involved the use of traffic lights, as seen attached to the pole in the center of the photograph.

Regulating traffic flow and keeping pedestrian safe along a busy commercial Detroit street involved the use of traffic lights, as seen attached to the pole in the center of the photograph.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1922

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.188.29272

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in

Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

Written in image, lower right corner: 29272

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