Gas station at 1004 Lafayette
Grab
Description
View from corner of Mobil gas station located at 1004 W. Lafayette, parcel 7, in Corktown. Several cars parked at station; rows of gas pumps; flying horse trademark on building and sign. Signs on building: "Mobilubrication, Mobilgas, Mobiloil." Handwritten on front: "Par. 7, 1004 W. Lafayette, 8-29-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003576
- Subject:
- Service stations--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-08-29
- 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.