Digital Collection
2012.045.470

Postcard

Color photographic postcard depicting the Stevens T. Mason Monument in Capitol Park, with buildings, an American flag, and signs reading, "Hotel Griswold", "Friedberg's", and "Surety Federal Savings" in the background. The base of the monument reads, "Stevens T. Mason, First Governor of Michigan".
Printed on verso: Monument of Stevens T. Mason, first Governor of Michigan; Capitol Square - Detroit, Michigan; Located in the square between Grand River Avenue, Clifford Street, Griswold Avenue, and Shelby Street. This was the site of Michigan's first Capitol, and here rest the remains of Stevens T. Mason, the first governor of the State.
Photo by Lucy Gridley

Date
c. 1955
Collection
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