Poplar trees on LaSalle Boulevard
Grab
Description
View of workers from the Detroit Department of Forestry removing a diseased poplar tree on tree-lined LaSalle Blvd. in Detroit. Houses are partially visible behind row of trees; barriers reading "Closed, men working" and "Street closed, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, danger falling trees, stop" in foreground. Clipping on back: "Stately poplars on LaSalle, long a pleasant sight for Detroiters, have been stricken by an incurable disease called 'canker fungus.' Tree after tree is being laid low by the City's Department of Forestry." Handwritten on back: "Det. City of Parks & Recreation. 10/25/48."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh012363
- Subject:
- Streets--Michigan--Detroit
- Poplar--Michigan--Detroit
- Tree felling--Michigan--Detroit
- Trucks--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1948-10-25
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Streets-LaSalle
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.