Sinclair gas station at northeast corner of Trumbull and Howard

Description:

Corner view of Sinclair gas station on the northeast corner of Trumbull and Howard, parcel 35, in Corktown. Building has several service bays; gas pumps in front of gas station; sign on corner: "Sinclair H-C gasoline." Handwritten on front: "Par. 35, gas sta. N.E. cor. Trumbull Howard, 8-29-56."

Details

Resource ID:

bh003675

Subject:

Service stations--Michigan--Detroit

Automobile repair shops--Michigan--Detroit

Sinclair Oil Corporation

Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate

City planning--Michigan--Detroit

Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit

Photographic prints

Date Issued:

1956-08-29

Format:

1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.

Member of:

Burton Historical Collection

Filing Location:

MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 23

Note (Content):

Part of a collection that contains condemnation files, photographs, blueprints and descriptions of slum clearance housing parcels for the City of Detroit. Of particular note are areas which included the neighborhoods known as Paradise Valley, Black Bottom, Corktown and the Jeffries Housing Project.

Rights:

Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.