Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

The beat-up marquee is seen in 1980.

Photo from the Free Press archives.

The Vanity shortly after opening in 1929.

Photo from Michigan Architect and Engineer via the Burton Historical Collection

Big band legend Benny Goodman at the Vanity Ballroom

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.

The Vanity Ballroom's massive dance floor.

Photo from eBay

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives