Digital Collection
2008.007.199

Print, Photographic

Black and white photographic print depicting a Walker & Co. billboard displaying an advertisement for Eureka vacuum cleaners that reads, "Over 58,000 Homes in Detroit Use The Grand Prize Eureka Vacuum Cleaner; It's superior cleaning service explains this tremendous popularity; Retail Store, 1521 Broadway; Only $5 down, Also sold by Crowley-Milner & Co. and others; Easy monthly payments, Also sold by J.L. Hudson Co. T.B. Rayl Co." Flanking the billboard are two signs reading "Made in Detroit" and "Over 1,000,000 in Use". In front of the billboard is a sign reading "Will Lease this Property for terms of years, Fred Wardell". The billboard is located in a lot on the east side of Woodward Avenue, and in the background are houses on E Ferry Street.

Date
1924
Collection
Print Size
8" x 10"
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Studio
Spencer & Myrkoff
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