Woodward Avenue
Grab
Description
View along Woodward Avenue. Hotel Pontchartrain in distance; businesses on both sides. Street-cars, automobiles and pedestrians visible. Police officer directing traffic in intersection. Printed on front: "Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Woodward Avenue enjoys the unusual distinction of being both Detroit's leading business and residence street. It is named in honor of Judge Woodward, one of Detroit's foremost citizens in the pioneer days, and stretches approximately north and south. At the foot are the ferry docks where boats leave regularly for Windsor, Ont., Belle Isle and Bois Blanc Islands. C.T. Co., Chicago, R-27333."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh000365
- Subject:
- Woodward Avenue (Mich.)
- Streets--Michigan--Detroit
- Central business districts--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- Curt Teich & Co.
- Date:
- unknown
- 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.