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[Detroit, Mich., Woodward Ave. looking south] – Antique Print

[Detroit, Mich., Woodward Ave. looking south], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Detroit, Mich., Woodward Ave. looking south], [between 1890 and 1910]. 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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[Detroit, Mich., Woodward Ave. looking south]

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Looking south down Woodward Avenue, one of Detroit's principal thoroughfares, this view shows the street railroad tracks laid along the roadway. The scene dates from roughly 1890 to 1910, a period when electric streetcars were replacing horse-drawn cars and changing how city residents moved about. The image is a glass dry plate negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and produced views for postcards and books. The wide perspective down the avenue offers a useful record of the street's traffic and buildings at the turn of the twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034586. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsStreets. Street railroads.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67475

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