A woman posing with 1932 Yellow Truck and Coach taxi with the Fisher Theater main entrance in the background.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers
The Fisher Theatre originally had a temple decor.
Photo from the Detroit News archives.
The incredible Mayan-themed original interior of the Fisher Theatre. This was all destroyed to "modernize" the theater in 1961.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The Fisher Theatre box office in 1972
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The modernized auditorium of the Fisher Theatre
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
A sculpture isntalled during the renovation of the Fisher Theatre
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The Fisher Theatre doesn't host only plays and musicals. Here, a General Motors company meeting is held in 1982
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The renovation of the theater replaced temple grandeur with the Modern.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The renovation of the theater replaced temple grandeur with the Modern.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The theater's Second Avenue marquee in the 1970s
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The Fisher Theatre under construction in October 1928, about a month before the theater opened.
Photo courtesy of The Platform
Plaster detail from 1929, shortly after the Fisher Theatre opened.
Photo from the American Architect