Chillco Large Image Collection

: View along Woodward near Jefferson; View along Woodward sreetcar tracks; streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles. Signs include: Phillip Curro & Co., wholesale fruits. Printed on label on card back: "For duplicates address Ira J. Goodrich, photographer, 129 Lincoln Avenue, Detroit, Mich. No. 85 [number handwritten]." Handwritten on card back: "Woodward Ave., looking south from Jeff. Ave. 1895. Folder III. FN133." Photograph hazy.

: View along Woodward, ca.1915; View along Woodward from a height, with tall buildings on both sides of street. Trucks, cars, and horse-drawn trucks; pedestrians. Signs include: Kaiser-Blair Co., clothing; The Henry Blackwell Co.; Rayl's; Hudson's; Kline's, women's clothing. Handwritten on photograph back: "ca.1915. v.1. photographic reverses (?)." Photograph corners marked to simulate corner tabs.

: View along canal on Grosse Ile; View along banks of canal on Grosse Ile. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/River-Islands-Grosse Ile." Scattered splotches and scratches on glass negative., BHC glass neg. no. 3485

: View along railroad tracks under E. Congress; View along railroad tracks in cut to bridge, parcel 38, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Buildings along sides of cut. Handwritten on front: "Par. 38, R.R. strip S side Congress, looking N. from Larned, 9-27-51.", 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.

: View along railroad tracks under E. Larned; View at an angle over concrete barrier on bridge over railroad tracks in cut, parcel 37, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Two billboards beside brick building behind; one obscured by trees and the other advertising "Schlitz; Tastes so good it's America's largest seller; the beer that made Milwaukee famous." Handwritten on front: "Par. 37, R.R. strip on E. Larned, 9-27-51.", 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.

: View along ravine to J. Frederick Sullivan's greenhouses; View along ravine with water to houses, windmill, and long greenhouses. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Industries and business houses-Sullivan, J.F. and D/Streets-Gratiot." Emulsion lifting and flaking on edges and corners, some discoloration., BHC glass neg. no. 3635

: View along residential section of Jefferson; View along street, with glimpses of houses through trees. Horse-drawn carriages, streetcars, and pedestrians on street. Handwritten on mat front: "Jeff. Ave. looking west from Dubois, Det." Handwritten on mat back: "S.W. cor. Jefferson & Dubois. c. 1895." Photograph torn and pasted down in folds; mat torn.

: View along residential street; View from a height along residential street at an angle. Church spires in the distance. Trees along street look like they are budding in spring. Written on negative (reversed in scan): "227." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Airviews." Emulsion flaking at bottom edge., BHC glass neg. no. 3655

: View along river to Michigan Yacht Club; View along the shore on Belle Isle to Michigan Yacht Club, built on pilings over the Detroit River. Porches wrap around building. Beached rowing boat in mid-ground. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Organizations-Michigan yacht club." Emulsion flaking on edges., BHC glass neg. no. 3687

: View along sidewalk on Butternut; View along sidewalk in front of houses along unpaved street. Handwritten on stock back: "July 15, 1913, in the Butter boy case, by Walsh." Photograph irregularly faded; folded across middle.

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