Workers erecting pylon, Detroit Automobile Golden Jubilee celebration

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Description

View of workers erecting a decorative pylon or pillar around light post to decorate Woodward Avenue during the Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee celebration. Sign for Hotel Wolverine in background; onlookers stand on sidewalk. Typed on back: "Source: Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee-Jubilee publicity-Floats and pylons. Date: 1946. Photographer: Automobile Manufacturers Association. Photo number/negative number: MS 7-63, Folder 4. Source: Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee Collection. Identification. For release Wednesday, May 15, 1946. First Pylon erected on Woodward Avenue. First of the pylon structures that will decorate Woodward Avenue and Washington Boulevard during the Golden Jubilee celebrations to be held on May 29 to June 9, 1946, is tried out for size. A total of 77 pylons will adorn light poles on Woodward Avenue from Grand Circus Park to the City Hall, while 28 similar structures will be used on Washington Boulevard."

Details

Resource ID:: na040021
Subject:: Columns--Michigan--Detroit; Automobile industry and trade--Michigan--Detroit--History; Anniversaries--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1946
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: MS7/Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee Collection, Folder 4
Negative Number:: MS 7-63
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.