Digital Collection
2016.155.002

Print, Photographic

One black and white photograph showing the celebration in Detroit at the end of World War II. The view looks northwestward along Woodward Avenue at the intersection of Michigan Avenue (left) and Monroe Street (right). Many pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks. Streamers and ticker tape can be seen in the air and on the road surface. The Majestic Building is visible in the left background. Handwritten black ink text on the verso reads "Downtown Detroit celebrating end of World War II, August, 1945."

Date
1945
Collection
Print Size
7.25" x 10"
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