House at 1259 Howard
Grab
Description
View of two-story wooden-frame house with one-story brick addition located at 1259 Howard, parcel 17, in Corktown. Laundry hangs on clothesline; wooden fence borders yard; automobile parked next to house. Handwritten on front: "Par. 17, 1259 Howard, 8-30-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003617
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Brick houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Clotheslines--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-08-30
- 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.