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- Woodward Avenue, North from Jefferson Avenue, 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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Woodward Avenue, North from Jefferson Avenue, 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.
- Home of Mrs. C. L. Stephens, on Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910 - 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 1910
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Home of Mrs. C. L. Stephens, on Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910
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.
- Drawing of Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, 1849-1856 -
- 1849-1856
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Drawing of Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan, 1849-1856
- Woodward Avenue between Six and Seven Mile Roads, Detroit, Michigan, 1908 - Woodward Avenue between Six and Seven Mile Roads in Wayne County, Michigan, was paved in 1909, creating the country's first mile of concrete highway. This copy of a newspaper clipping shows the road's poor condition before paving. Soon, new road construction technologies improved roadways throughout the United States.
- 1908
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Woodward Avenue between Six and Seven Mile Roads, Detroit, Michigan, 1908
Woodward Avenue between Six and Seven Mile Roads in Wayne County, Michigan, was paved in 1909, creating the country's first mile of concrete highway. This copy of a newspaper clipping shows the road's poor condition before paving. Soon, new road construction technologies improved roadways throughout the United States.
- Woodward and Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, 1891 -
- 1891
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Woodward and Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, 1891
- East Side of Woodward Avenue at Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
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East Side of Woodward Avenue at Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890
- Woodward and Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905 - In turn-of-the-century downtown Detroit, pedestrians shared the streets with electric streetcars and automobiles.
- circa 1905
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Woodward and Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905
In turn-of-the-century downtown Detroit, pedestrians shared the streets with electric streetcars and automobiles.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral during Henry Ford's Funeral, Detroit, Michigan, 1947 - Henry Ford died on April 7, 1947, at his Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan. Thousands mourned his death. Many waited in a mile-long line to pay their respects when Ford lay in repose at Greenfield Village. This photograph shows the crowd of mourners outside St. Paul's Cathedral on the day of his funeral.
- April 10, 1947
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St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral during Henry Ford's Funeral, Detroit, Michigan, 1947
Henry Ford died on April 7, 1947, at his Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan. Thousands mourned his death. Many waited in a mile-long line to pay their respects when Ford lay in repose at Greenfield Village. This photograph shows the crowd of mourners outside St. Paul's Cathedral on the day of his funeral.
- "Woodward Avenue in Winter Attire," Streetcar and Pedestrians, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900 - Electrics streetcars started to replace horse-drawn streetcars as cities built power stations in the late 1800s. They carried more passengers and were cheaper and cleaner to operate than horse-drawn streetcars. This is Detroit's Woodward Avenue line, about 1900.
- circa 1900
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"Woodward Avenue in Winter Attire," Streetcar and Pedestrians, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900
Electrics streetcars started to replace horse-drawn streetcars as cities built power stations in the late 1800s. They carried more passengers and were cheaper and cleaner to operate than horse-drawn streetcars. This is Detroit's Woodward Avenue line, about 1900.
- Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895 - The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in front of the first Detroit Opera House at Campus Martius--a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of the city's coordinate street system. Fundraising for the commemorative civic sculpture began after the end of the Civil War in 1865, and the completed monument was unveiled in 1872.
- circa 1895
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Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895
The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in front of the first Detroit Opera House at Campus Martius--a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of the city's coordinate street system. Fundraising for the commemorative civic sculpture began after the end of the Civil War in 1865, and the completed monument was unveiled in 1872.