Postcard

The New Veterans Memorial

Postcard. Color photographic postcard depicting the Veterans Memorial Building as viewed from the northeast. Marshall Fredericks' Victory Eagle and several of the columns lining the walkway are visible. "The New Veterans Memorial. The first building of Detroit's Civic Center. Completed in 1950 at a cost of $6,200,000, the Memorial Building is not only a beautiful monument but one which will be useful for generations to come. The Memorial is located on a two-block site bounded by Jefferson, Griswold, Atwater and Shelby, and the area includes the site of old Fort Pontchartrain established by Cadillac in 1701." printed on verso along with "Pub by the Hiawatha Card Co., P.O. Box 56. Ypsilanti, Mich."