Digital Collection
2018.063.003

Postcard

Ford Building, Detroit, Mich.

One postcard entitled "Ford Building, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color front corner view of the Ford Building in downtown Detroit. Black printed title text is shown near the upper right edge of the image. Green printed text on the 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 559 offices and cost Edward Ford of Toledo, its owner, $1,500,000. Its entire front is enamel terra cotta and it is considered a model of beautiful architecture." Additional printed text reads "Published by United News Co., Detroit, Mich."

Date
c.1925
Collection
Extent of Description
3.5" x 5.5"
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