House at rear of 1543 E. Lafayette
Grab
Description
View of two-story front-gabled wooden-frame house located at the rear of 1543 E. Lafayette, parcel 399, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Lafayette/Monroe. Front of house faces alley; group of teenage boys sit on porch. Handwritten on front: "Par. 399, 1543 E. Lafayette, house in rear, 8 [rest of date missing]."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001669
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- African American teenage boys--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1949-08
- 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 bh002660
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.