Print, Photographic

Sepia-toned photographic print depicting Campus Martius, as viewed from an elevated position above Woodward Avenue, just south of Fort Street, facing north. Snow covers the ground. The fountains on the lawn of City Hall are covered for winter. The base of the moonlight tower in front of City Hall is also visible. On the corner of Michigan Avenue and Woodward are the Eagle Art Gallery; Aberle and Fox, Real Estate and Insurance; Lockbihler and Dennis, Hats and Caps; a store advertising "Whiskies, Free and Bond;" L.L. Farnsworth, Boots, Shoes, and Rubbers; Hudson and Symington, Furniture; and the Fisher Block, housing Marratt's Photograph Gallery, and bearing signs for candy and Dr. Shilling's Corsets. Along Woodward, wrapping around to Cadillac Square are Mills and Barker Furniture; J.H. Black and Company, Carpets and Curtains; Wright, Kay & Company, Manufacturing Jewelers; the Detroit Opera House, housing J.L. Hudson which is advertising a closing out sale; Hull Brothers Family Grocery; Chas. H. Werner, Crockery and Glassware. Horse-drawn streetcars and carriages, as well as pedestrians are below in the streets. "Late 1886 - early 87--when Hudson left the opera hs." handwritten on verso.