Detroit, July 1942. "Looking north on Woodward Avenue from the Maccabees ... transparency by Arthur Siegel. View full size.
Detroit Institute of Arts In the foreground, the building to the right (cut off) is now the home of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The building on the left is the Detroit Public ...
... scene from the early 1900s. What is this gritty city? Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
Rungs on the ... Company was based there. Henkel's Flour was out of Detroit, but I think there was an outpost in Cleveland, too.
Gritty City ...
The Detroit River circa 1911. "View of Belle Isle Bridge, taken from East Jefferson ... and looking toward Belle Isle." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Boat House Survives? ... Looks like it certainly could be.
[That's the Detroit Yacht Boat Club in both images. - Dave]
Low-flyer ...
Ecorse, Michigan. 1904. "Steamer Detroit , Michigan Central transfer, stern view from under." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Wow One of the Monitor class ... no doubt.
Don't forget the bunk boards The Detroit operated as a railcar ferry between Detroit and Windsor on the Detroit ...
The Detroit River circa 1905. "Transfer steamer Detroit. " 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Exceptional Ice Breaker ...
1921 or 1922. "Detroit Electric car at the State, War and Navy building in Washington." View ... was wondering what type of performance the owner of a 1921 Detroit Electric car could expect.
Detroit Electric Car I understand that someone has bought the rights to make ...
Detroit circa 1910. "People's State Bank, Fort and Shelby Streets." Designed by ... Mead & White. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Bank Saving Originally ... of The Architectural Review called this building the Detroit State Savings Bank. I don't know what the interior looks like now, but ...
Detroit circa 1927. "Dr. Higgins, exterior bldg." At the corner of Warren ... and Manor Street. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Drugs and Hookahs The building survives! That's not always a given in Detroit - the population dropped from a high of 1.8 million to about 700K ...
Detroit circa 1907. "A glimpse of Woodward Avenue from City Hall ." A slice ... by the Majestic Building and Michigan Avenue at left, and Detroit Opera House on the right. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Say what?? Campus ...
Circa 1900. "Car ferry 'Transport' entering slip, Detroit River." Railcar steamer on an icy, windy day. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.
Brrr. ...
Circa 1912. "Steamer City of Detroit III , pilot house and bridge." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Beholder's Eye ... the starboard stern.
The brand spanking new City of Detroit III This was a larger sister ship to the City of Cleveland, pictured ...
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. A huge pipe section loaded on a flatcar." 4x5 inch ... on the next car beyond.
(The Gallery, Arthur Siegel, Detroit Photos, Railroads) ...
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. A section of a boiler on a flatcar." Our third and final ... The two flats were owned by small railroads, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton and the Florida East Coast. In the background we ... on the ferry bridge.
(The Gallery, Arthur Siegel, Detroit Photos, Railroads) ...
August 31, 1912. "Dime Savings Bank and Detroit City Hall." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
What a Contrast between ...
April 1943. "Detroit. Transportation of U.S. Army equipment. Amphibian jeeps waiting to be ...
(The Gallery, Arthur Siegel, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Detroit Photos, Pretty Girls, WW2) ...
... ways to get from here to there. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Not much has changed The ... anywhere nearby. It reminds me of seeing I-75 south of Detroit being built at the end of my street in the mid 1960's where there was ...
Detroit circa 1906. " Hotel Ste. Claire , Randolph and Monroe streets." ... Buffalo Wild Wings in the U.S. We lost a lot of downtown Detroit character when in the 1950s a program was enacted to remove cornices and "gingerbread" in the name of modernization.
Detroit Electric "Looks like an interurban car preceding the other 2." ...
April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. Freight cars in railyard seen from above." 4x5 inch acetate ... column, perhaps?
(The Gallery, Arthur Siegel, Detroit Photos, Railroads) ...
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1912. "Dime Savings Bank building under construction." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Competition Looks like ... on the right.
The ornate rooftop at lower left was Detroit's old City Hall, demolished in 1961. But the Dime Building is still ...
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1912. "Dime Savings Bank building under construction." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Danger Mason fears nothing ... corner is apparently an undertaker.
(The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC) ...
Detroit circa 1911. "Frederick Stearns and Company laboratory from southeast." ... Minus the ivy. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Lofty addition The ... from the top corner window.
(The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC, Factories, Kids) ...