Commercial buildings along Woodward Avenue viewed at an angle across unpaved street. Signs include Dr. J.W. Kermott; F. Alonzo Burger, boots and shoes; dentist; sign painting; Welz Bro's. saws; Field, Wallace & Co.; Canfield & Brother; Tea Ware House; The T Store; Jacob Welz, stoves, tin, & hardware; W. & R. Millar, wholesale grocers; Wamsley & Ford wholesale millinery house; Fisher, Baker & Co., carriage furnishing goods; Wilson $45.00 sewing machine; Hamblen, Baker & Co., fruit and oysters. Street numbers 168-208. Horse-drawn vehicles in front of some buildings. Emulsion slightly damaged. Lantern slide is cut slightly narrower than glass negative, slightly wider than albumen print made from negative. Embossed on albumen print mount front: "Bardwell." Handwritten on card front: "Woodward Ave." Handwritten on card back: "East side of Woodward Ave. bet. Gratiot & Wilcox in 1870." Recorded in lantern slide ledger: "D/Streets-Woodward, Wamsleya Ford Wholesale Millinery."
