Supplementing Angus J's streetcar information, the shadow tracks on the left (foreground to left-middle) were likely part of the Detroit Edison route.

[You mean the shadows of the overhead power supply? - Dave] Exactly!

Sorry Dave, but this oversize print is going to cost Shorpy 5 cents.

"A Tip of the Hat" to Notcom for locating the correct intersection location. With that information and my copy of the 1949 Keystone Street Guide and Pocket Directory of Detroit I can identify the streetcar routes that used these tracks. Under Forest, W. 1100 Hamilton: Car-Hamilton-N. Under Hamilton 4700 Forest: Car-Crosstown-W. The delivery van is heading south on Hamilton. At this point the eastbound Crosstown streetcar was on nearby Warren Avenue, and the southbound Hamilton car was on Third Avenue. The John Lodge Freeway obliterated Hamilton south of Chicago Blvd.

The design of cars has changed a lot since 1941, but the design of the delivery truck is about the same as the one that just dropped off a package at my house.

Googlers will find the intersection is little changed. (What?!?! In Detroit of all places?) I suspect the presence of nearby Wayne State is a major factor in keeping the neighborhood stable ... and yet still far enough away to avoid the expansion institutions inevitably undertake.

[The exact extent and nature of the preservation is curious: as shown on the street view (next post up) the corner building seems to be the same - tho remodeled and, perhaps , expanded - but the building next door is...not...quite...right. It's similar, but not the same (It's brick not stone, and the turrets and dormers aren't identical. Yet the Sanborn Maps shown the area unchanged up thru the 50's, and there don't seem to be any buildings nearby that it could be. Was it, too, remodeled; or moved there later? Hmmm]

[Your suspicions are correct. The drugstore address is 1100 West Forest, at the intersection with Hamilton Avenue, hence the name For-Ham. - Dave]
> Ah yes, that too. I've decided to leave the original post untouched: the preservation part doesn't work, sadly, but the Batman/Wayne tie-in does - the house ended as a Fraternity - but mostly it's a step-by-step on how elation faded into another 'Lost Detroit' story.

Now there's match! But the caption causes a bit of a problem : "View of the birthplace of aviator Charles A. Lindbergh in Detroit, Michigan, located at 1120 W. Forest." Which explains the description under the photo, but indicates it's the wrong intersection. Not Cass, but rather Hamilton...nine blocks west.( And the Sanborn Map confirms the location.) Just missed the John Lodge Freeway, but sadly, fate intervened anyway ... nothing in this pic remains today.