James Vernor's drug store
View at an angle across intersection of Woodward and Clifford, showing businesses along Woodward. James Vernor's drug store at 235 Woodward Ave., with advertising sign on side of building. Horse-drawn vehicles on both streets. Other signs include: Kirchberg, Winterhalter, & Keenan, furniture; M.C. Wall, millinery; meat market; boot and shoe house; Fred Bamford, painting and wallpaper; Edwin M. Wright, dental rooms. Also have print from negative. Printed on albumen cabinet card back: "New series. Panoramic and cabinet sketches, in and about the city of Detroit. Photographed and published by Jex Bardwell, 31 Monroe Avenue." Handwritten on cabinet card back: "Woodward Ave. from Grand River to Clifford Sts. 1876." Edges and corners of cabinet card and print worn. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "Streets-Woodward & Clifford."
- Creator:
- Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
- Resource ID:
- EB02e158
- Subject:
- Streets--Michigan--Detroit
- Vernor's (Firm)
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- 1876
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Streets-Woodward and Clifford
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 1633; BHC lantern slide no. 73
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.