House at 1425 Porter
Grab
Description
Front and side view of two-story front-gabled wooden-frame house located at 1425 Porter, parcel 134, in Corktown. Young boy leans on automobile parked in street; man sits on porch of adjacent residence. Handwritten on front: "Par. 134, 1425 Porter St., 9-11-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003940
- 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:
- 1956-09-11
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 23
- 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.