2008.042.016
Postcard
502. - New Post Office, Detroit, Mich.
Color postcard depicting the Federal Building from the corner of W Fort and Shelby Streets, with cars and pedestrians on front and the Book Cadillac Hotel in the background.
Printed on verso: Federal Building - Post Office; United States Court and Custom House; On this historic site the English in 1776 erected a fort as a defense against Americans. The British evacuated this fort on July 11, 1796, the closing act of the War of Independence.
