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- Details, Details
- What's that building to the left of the tower?
- Coal Barges
- Bromo-Seltzer
- Inner harbor
- The Basin
- What a headache!
- Giant stepladder?
- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
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Lake Drive: 1912
The Detroit suburbs circa 1912. "Lake Drive -- Grosse Pointe, Michigan." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Lake's the same
This looks like the only curve on Lake Shore Drive in any of the Grosse Pointe cities (GP, GP Farms, GP Shores, GP Park, GP Woods) where there's enough room for a house between the road and the lake. In 1912, the GPs were just becoming attractive to auto barons looking for an estate out of the city, so there has been a lot of change since this photo was taken.
Porcelain Plates
1912 Michigan license tags had black letters on an orange background, and the plate was porcelain. Those early ones bring a hefty price today on eBay.
This is the Pointes
Horses are expected to hold it until they cross Alter Road.
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