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Residence and Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Mich. – Antique Wall Art

Residence and Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Mich., c1905. — historic photograph
Residence and Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Mich., c1905.. Historic photograph from the Detroit collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Two very different kinds of Detroit life meet in this view: on the left, the residence of David Whitney at the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue, and beside it the Detroit Athletic Club. Whitney made his fortune in lumber and was among the city's wealthiest men, and his house helped make Woodward a showcase of private wealth. The Detroit Publishing Company made this glass-plate negative around 1905 as part of its broad record of the city's streets and buildings. The scene is a reminder that the avenue was then as much a street of fine homes as of commerce.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAccording to the Detroit Historic Designation Advisory Board, the house on the left is the residence of David Whitney, located at the northwest corner of Woodward Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018762. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsAthletic clubs. Clubhouses. Residential streets.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 777 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62257

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