House at 1542 Porter and George Willens & Company at 1548 Porter
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Description
View at an angle of two-story house with simulated brick siding, flat roof and covered entry porch located at 1542 Porter and one-story building located at 1548 Porter, parcel 276, in Corktown. Sign on building: "George Willens & Company, advertising typographers." Automobiles parked in street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 276, 1542 Porter St., 10-8-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh002207
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Michigan--Detroit
- Typographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Advertising layout and typography--Michigan--Detroit
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-10-08
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 24
- 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.
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.