Junkyard located at rear of gas station at 5th Street and Lafayette

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Junkyard located at rear of gas station at 5th Street and Lafayette

Description

View of junkyard located at the rear of gas station at 5th St. and Lafayette, parcel 6, in Corktown. Lot is surrounded by tall wooden fence; two men stand outside fence; one man examines a piece of metal; another man looks through material stacked in yard. Wagons, barrels and boxes inside fence. Handwritten on front: "Par. 6, junk yard rear of gas station 5th & Lafayette, 8-29-56."

Details

Resource ID:: bh003577
Subject:: Junk trade--Michigan--Detroit; Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit; Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate; City planning--Michigan--Detroit; Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1956-08-29
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 23
Content Note:: 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.
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.