Detroit Opera House and businesses on Campus Martius

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Description

View across Campus Martius of Detroit Opera House block and other businesses. Signs include Elmer's furs; New York Central Line; Central Billiard Parlor; Ernst Kern's dry goods; L. & N. Weitz clothier; H.C. Weber & Co. hardware. Billboard for Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes. Cars and horse-drawn trucks; streetcars; fountain in triangular park. Handwritten on photograph back: "Campus Martius, about 1909." Photograph edges frayed.

Details

Resource ID:: DPA4174
Subject:: Detroit Opera House (1869-1897); Streets--Michigan--Detroit; Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit; Albumen prints; Photographic prints
Date:: c.1909
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Streets-Campus Martius
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.