Ford building
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Description
View of Ford building; multistory building has columns at entrance. Pedestrians, automobiles and streetcars in foreground. Printed on front: "Ford building, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Ford building, Detroit, Mich. Ford building is an 18 story office building, on the corner of Congress and Griswold. It is 250 feet high from the sidewalk and tourists can get a beautiful bird's eye view of Detroit and Canada from the roof. C.T. Co., Chicago, A-2724." Handwritten on back: "Aug. 5. Dear Aunt May, Paul and I will be over to visit you (for a day) soon. We may come this next weekend ... August 8th or 9th. Love, Esther." Card is postmarked August 6, 1959.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh000852
- Subject:
- Office buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Skyscrapers--Michigan--Detroit
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- Curt Teich & Co.
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Buildings-Ford
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.