Duncan Speedometer Service building at 1010 E. Congress
Grab
Description
One-story brick and stucco building on corner at 1010 E. Congress, parcel 63, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Viewed diagonally across intersection. Sign over garage door reads "1010, Duncan Speedometer Service" and on building side reads "Duncan, specialists on all make speedometer. Timko wipers." Taller buildings further down Rivard. Cars parked on street and by building. Handwritten on front: "Par. 63, 1010 E. Congress, Duncan Speedometer Service, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003545
- Subject:
- Automobile repair shops--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-09-29
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 21
- 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.