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- Traffic Light on Grand River Avenue East, Downtown Detroit, Michigan, circa 1922 - 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.
- circa 1922
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Traffic Light on Grand River Avenue East, Downtown Detroit, Michigan, circa 1922
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.
- Elevated Railroad at Cooper Union and 4th Avenue, New York, New York, circa 1900 - For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. Here, trains run on an elevated railway above a commercial New York City street.
- circa 1900
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Elevated Railroad at Cooper Union and 4th Avenue, New York, New York, circa 1900
For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. Here, trains run on an elevated railway above a commercial New York City street.
- Businesses on Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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Businesses on Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1880
- Horse-Drawn Vehicles on a Commercial Street in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1875 - In the years before automobiles, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. In this photograph, taken around 1875, horses pull carriages, buggies, and wagons along a commercial Detroit street.
- circa 1875
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Horse-Drawn Vehicles on a Commercial Street in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1875
In the years before automobiles, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. In this photograph, taken around 1875, horses pull carriages, buggies, and wagons along a commercial Detroit street.
- Monroe Street from Campau Square, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1905
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Monroe Street from Campau Square, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Ford Model T Automobiles in Henderson, Texas, 1920 - Model Ts everywhere! This photograph from the 1920s shows a street in Henderson, Texas, lined with automobiles -- mostly Ford Model Ts. By 1923 half of the cars in America were Model Ts. However, if you look closely you also will see remnants of a bygone era -- horse-drawn vehicles.
- 1920
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Ford Model T Automobiles in Henderson, Texas, 1920
Model Ts everywhere! This photograph from the 1920s shows a street in Henderson, Texas, lined with automobiles -- mostly Ford Model Ts. By 1923 half of the cars in America were Model Ts. However, if you look closely you also will see remnants of a bygone era -- horse-drawn vehicles.