Postcard

The Ford Building, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard. Color illustration of the Ford Building from the corner of Griswold and W Congress Streets with many pedestrians, streetcars, horse-drawn carriages, and automobiles.
Verso reads, "The Ford Building, Griswold and Congress streets, is the largest office building in Michigan. It is 19 stories in height, towers 275 feet above the street level, contains 550 offices and cost Edward Ford of Toledo, its owner, $1,500,000. Its entire front is of enamel terra cotta and it is considered a model of beautiful architecture." There is also a space for a business message that reads, "Will call on or about... Representing Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Scales Etc."