2008.112.085
Print, Photographic
Black and white print negative of a photograph and caption clipped from the March 18, 1934 Detroit News, depicting a row of storefronts on the east side of Woodward Avenue, near John R Street in 1899. Caption reads:
WOODWARD AVENUE (east side), in 1899. F.J. Schwanovsky music house at John R. corner. D.D. Spellman photographic studio on second floor. Adjoining was Baron & McBean, mantels, grates and tiles. A.T. Knowlson's next.
Also pictured are the storefronts for C.M. Hayes and Company, Photographers, and Jewel Gas Ranges and Gas Heaters. A horse-drawn sleigh and a horse carriage are in the street.
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