Woodward Avenue
Grab
Description
View along Woodward Avenue. Open-sided street-car left foreground, passengers boarding; sign reading "Woodward" on front and side. Horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians visible. Commercial building on both sides, with skyscraper in distance. Banner across road reads "Sousa's trooping of the colors." Printed on front: "Woodward Avenue; North from Jefferson Avenue. Detroit, Mich." Handwritten on front: "1912." Printed on back: "Published by The Detroit News Company, Detroit, Mich., Leipzig, Dresden." American News Co. publisher trademark printed on back. Handwriting on back [illegible]. Card is postmarked January 1912.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh000386
- Subject:
- Woodward Avenue (Mich.)
- Streets--Michigan--Detroit
- Central business districts--Michigan--Detroit
- Electric railroads--Cars--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- Detroit News Company
- American News Company
- Date:
- c.1912
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Streets-Woodward Avenue
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.