Digital Collection
2012.046.855

Postcard

New Michigan Central Station by Night, Detroit, Mich.

Color postcard depicting Michigan Central Station at night, with many pedestrians in front.
Printed on verso: Michigan Central Station by Night, Detroit, Mich. The New Michigan Central Station is located near Michigan Avenue, between fifteenth and seventeenth Streets, covers twenty-one acres and the total cost is $15,000,000.00. There will be eleven tracks in the station that will accommodate 135 passenger coaches. It will have all conveniences, such as a complete Drug Store with special facilities for the care of Invalids and Change Room where travelers can at nominal cost obtain Shower Baths and make a change of clothing. Accommodations for passengers will not be outdone by any Railroad Station in the World.
Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 8, 1913.

Date
1913
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