• Posts Tagged ‘shorpy’

    Woodward Avenue, circa 1917

    by  • November 13, 2009 • Local History, metro Detroit • 6 Comments

    Shorpy — the online archive of vintage photos from the 1850s to the 1950s — ran this photo yesterday of downtown Detroit looking north/west on Woodward across Campus Martius. Take a look at this photo full-size: I love the streetcars and early Model Ts, the incredible clothes, the electric signs and billboards. (Also, apropos...

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