Junkyard located at rear of gas station at 5th Street and Lafayette
Grab
Description
View of junkyard located at the rear of gas station at 5th St. and Lafayette, parcel 6, in Corktown. Lot is surrounded by tall wooden fence; two men stand outside fence; one man examines a piece of metal; another man looks through material stacked in yard. Wagons, barrels and boxes inside fence. Handwritten on front: "Par. 6, junk yard rear of gas station 5th & Lafayette, 8-29-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003577
- Subject:
- Junk trade--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.