Another vision of Detroit’s future, from the past
There is no arguing who this city was built for in this photo–People everywhere!
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1917. "Looking up Woodward Avenue."
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Detroit’s streetcar past is also on the mind of Michigan in Pictures, which ran the above image a couple of day’s ago in a post titled “Detroit’s Golden Age“.
The above image is from the archive of the Detroit Publishing Company and is actually for purchase at Shorpy’s (a treasure chest of archived images from all over the place…wow!).
My grandmother tells stories about putting on her white gloves and taking the streetcar to Hudson’s.
What a great photo–it’s worth following the link and clicking to enlarge. The sign on the Hudson’s building says, “Detroit Creamery Milk is Health Insurance.”
Haha, streetcars! Good find.
Great story Amanda! That sign is beautiful…milk is good! I change the link to go right to the large image as I missed the sign before you pointed it out.