2012.020.043
Postcard
Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan.
Color postcard depicting Cadillac Square facing west, fell of parked cars. A sign reads "Gayety Theatre, Burlesque".
Printed on verso: Cadillac Square run east from Campus Martius to County Building and was named after the founded of Detroit. Antoine Laumet De La Mothe Cadillac. Cadillac Chair is located on the west, which was formerly the site of the Old City Hall, built in 1836 and occupied until 1871 as the seat of Civic Authority. Cadillac arrived in Detroit July 24, 1701. On that day, under the patronage of Louis XIV, the City of Detroit, then called for Pontchartrain was founded.