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- Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan - The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- 1891
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Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan
The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan - The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- 1891
- Collections - Artifact
Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan
The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892 - This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
- 1883-1892
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View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892
This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
- Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan - The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- 1891
- Collections - Artifact
Parade on Woodward Avenue during the 1891 G.A.R. Encampment in Detroit, Michigan
The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a Union veterans' organization formed in 1866, held state and national conventions or "encampments" where members could reunite with other Civil War veterans. Encampment attendees paraded through town, gathered at receptions, toured local attractions, and reminisced about shared wartime experiences. The G.A.R. sponsored these meetings for more than 80 years.
- Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
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Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1885
- Panoramic View of Campus Martius, Corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenues, Detroit, 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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Panoramic View of Campus Martius, Corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenues, Detroit, 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.
- Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900 - Turn-of-the-20th-century streetcars offered a convenient, practical and affordable way to get around cities. For a small fee, a person could hop onto a streetcar and travel to work, school, a local business, or other destinations. This photograph shows the rail lines that led in and out of Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan, along the major thoroughfares. Three streetcars can be seen in the foreground.
- circa 1900
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Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900
Turn-of-the-20th-century streetcars offered a convenient, practical and affordable way to get around cities. For a small fee, a person could hop onto a streetcar and travel to work, school, a local business, or other destinations. This photograph shows the rail lines that led in and out of Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan, along the major thoroughfares. Three streetcars can be seen in the foreground.