An ad for Ripley's show at what was then called the International Congress of Oddities

From the Dec. 5, 1942, edition of the Michigan Chronicle

An ad for the Princess Theatre

From the July 30, 1917, edition of the Detroit Free Press

An ad for the Princess that ran shortly after it opened

From the April 19, 1908, edition of the Detroit Free Press

An ad previewing Whaling's move into the overhauled former home of the Princess Theatre

From the Oct. 25, 1956, edition of the Detroit Free Press

An ad hinting that Whaling's would be moving ... eventually. The actual move would come four years later.

An ad from the March 22, 1974, edition of the Detroit Free Press

An ad that may have been trying to pressure the City into buying the building from Whalings.

From the March 29, 1974, edition of the Detroit Free Press

An ad for the Exhibit Theatre, which predated the Princess in the building

From the Feb. 14, 1904, edition of the Detroit Free Press

An ad for Ripley's attraction held inside the former Princess Theatre

From the Oct. 16, 1943, edition of the Detroit Evening Times