House at 1544 Monroe
Grab
Description
Rear view of two-story wooden-frame house with back porch located at 1544 Monroe, parcel 422, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Lafayette/Monroe. Group of boys pose on back porch; sunflowers grow next to vine-covered fence. Handwritten on front: "Par. 422, rear of 1544 Monroe, same no. taken from alley, 8-31-49."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001703
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- African American boys--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1949-08-31
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 19
- 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.
- This photograph corresponds to blueprint bh002683
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.