Street scene showing Detroit Opera House, circa 1890

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Artifact Overview

Streetcars and pedestrians travel through Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system. The tall French Renaissance building behind them is the first Detroit Opera House.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1890

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.10803

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10.25 in

Street scene showing Detroit Opera House, circa 1890