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35W Capitol Park Apartments
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Aerial view of downtown Detroit
Aerial view of downtown showing Tiger Stadium
Aerial view of west side of downtown
Alexander Macomb Monument
Alexander Macomb Monument
Alexander Macomb Monument and Cadillac Hotel
Ambassador Bridge and Huntington Place
American Legion Hall
American Legion Hall
American Legion Hall and Masonic (old) Temple
American Legion Hall and Masonic (old) Temple
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (proposed)
Avenue Theatre and Woodward Avenue
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Bagley Monument
Barlum Hotel coffee shop
Belle Isle ferry dock
Belle Isle Steamer Pavilion
Biddle House
Bird's eye view of Detroit
Board of Commerce Building/Cass Theatre
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Blue Room
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Grand Ballroom
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Italian Garden
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Italian Garden
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Lobby
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Main Lobby
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Venetian Dining Room
Book-Cadillac Hotel - Venetian Room
Book Tower
Bowles Building
Bowles Building
Bowles Building
Bowles Building
Breitmeyer-Tobin and Cary buildings
Breitmeyer-Tobin Building
Broadway
Broadway
Broderick Tower
Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building
Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building
Broderick Tower and Madison Theatre
Broderick Tower and Madison Theatre
Broderick Tower - Beauty salon
Broderick Tower - Doctor's Reception Room
Broderick Tower - Lobby
Broderick Tower - Salon
Broderick Tower - Shop
Brunswick Hotel
Brunswick Hotel
Brunswick Hotel - Lobby
Buhl Building
Buhl Building
Burns Hotel
Burns Hotel
Burns Hotel
Burns Hotel Bar
Burns Hotel lobby
Burns Hotel - Lobby
Cadillac Chair
Cadillac Chair
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Hotel and Michigan Avenue
Cadillac Hotel and People's Outfitting Co.
Cadillac Hotel - Dining room foyer
Cadillac Hotel - Lobby
Cadillac Hotel - Lobby
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square at night
Cadillac Square Building
Cadillac Square Building and Family Theatre
Cadillac Square, looking east from City Hall
Cadillac Square looking toward Campus Martius
Cadillac Square, showing Old City Hall, Dime Building
Cadillac Square skyline
Cadillac Tower
Cadillac Tower and Cadillac Square
Cadillac Tower and Cadillac Square Apartments
Callan Drug Co. - Interior
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius
Campus Martius and Monroe Avenue
Campus Martius and skyline
Campus Martius by night
Campus Martius from Dime Building
Campus Martius from Dime Building
Campus Martius from Dime Building
Campus Martius, looking south down Woodward
Capitol Park
Capitol Park
Capitol Park
Capitol Park
Capitol Park and Griswold Street
Capitol Square Building and Capitol Park
Central Business District
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Charlevoix Hotel
Charlevoix Hotel
Charlevoix Hotel
Charlevoix Hotel
Charlevoix Hotel
Charlevoix Hotel
Charlevoix Hotel
Christ Church
Christ Church
Christ Church
Church of Our Father and Tuller Hotel
Church of Our Father and Tuller Hotel
Church of Our Father and Tuller Hotel
Clifford Street
Cobo Arena
Cobo Arena
Cobo Arena and Huntington Place
Cobo Arena - Interior
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Crowley's Department Store
David Stott Building
David Stott Building and Capitol Park
David Stott Building and Detroit Savings Bank Building
David Stott Building and Griswold Street
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building
David Whitney Building and Statler Hotel
David Whitney Building and Woodward Avenue
David Whitney Building, Statler Hotel and Book Tower
David Whitney Building, Statler Hotel and Grand Circus Park
David Whitney Building, Statler Hotel and Grand Circus Park
D&C dock and Wayne Hotel
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Club
Detroit Conservatory of Music
Detroiter Hotel
Detroit Museum of Art
Detroit Museum of Art
Detroit News Building
Detroit News Building - Advertising department
Detroit News Building - Lobby
Detroit News Building - Newsroom
Detroit News Building - Press and mailing rooms
Detroit News Building - Press room
Detroit News Building printing presses
Detroit News Building - WWJ studio
Detroit Opera House and Merrill Fountain
Detroit Opera House (first)
Detroit Opera House - foyer
Detroit Opera House (second)
Detroit Opera House (second) and Merrill Fountain
Detroit Opera House (second) and Merrill Fountain
Detroit Police Headquarters
Detroit Police Headquarters (old)
Detroit Police Headquarters (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit riverfront
Detroit Savings Bank Building
Detroit - The Airship City
Detroit Trust Co. Building
Dime and Ford buildings
Dime Building
Dime Building
Dime Building, looking west down Fort from Woodward Avenue
Dime Building vault
Downtown aerial view
Downtown Detroit
Downtown, looking north
East Grand Circus Park
East Grand Circus Park
Eddystone and Park Avenue hotels
Edelweiss Cafe
Edelweiss Cafe
Edison Memorial Fountain
Edison Memorial Fountain
Empire Building
Empire Building
Eureka Building
Fairbairn Hotel
Fairbairn Hotel
Fairfax Hotel
Fairfax Hotel
Farwell Building
Farwell Building
Father Dowling Hall
Father Dowling Hall
Father Dowling Hall
Federal Building
Federal Building
Federal Building
Federal Building
Federal Building and Recreation Building
First National and Vinton buildings
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
First National Building
Fischer's Casino
Flamingo Room of the Pontchartrain Hotel
Foot of Woodward Avenue, showing ferry landing
Ford Auditorium
Ford Auditorium
Ford Building
Ford Building and Griswold Street
Fort Shelby Hotel
Fort Shelby Hotel
Fort Street, looking east
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street west from Woodward Avenue
Fort Street west of Woodward
Fountain, Grand Circus Park
Fox Theatre
Fox Theatre - Lobby
Fox Washington Theatre
Fox Washington Theatre
Frederic B. Stevens Inc. - Office and warehouse
Free Press Building
Fyfe Apartments
George W. Young Post Office
Grand Army of the Republic Building
Grand Army of the Republic Building
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park
Gratiot Avenue, looking northeast from Woodward
Gratiot Avenue, showing Crowley's
Gregory, Mayer & Thom Co. Building
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (second)
Greyhound Terminal (second)
Grinnell Brothers Music House
Griswold and State streets
Griswold and State streets
Griswold and State streets
Griswold Hotel
Griswold Hotel
Griswold Hotel
Griswold Hotel
Griswold Hotel - Buffet
Griswold Hotel - Cafe
Griswold Hotel - Dutch Room
Griswold Hotel - Lobby
Griswold Hotel - Palm Room
Griswold Street
Griswold Street and Capitol Park
Griswold Street, looking north
Griswold Street, looking south from Michigan Avenue
Griswold Street, north from Larned
Griswold Street, north of Congress
Guardian Building
Guardian Building and Hotel Norton
Hammond and Union Trust Co. buildings
Hammond Building
Harmonie Club
Harmonie Club
Hart Plaza
Heart of Detroit
Himelhoch's Building
Himelhoch's Building
Home Savings Bank
Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain in Hart Plaza
Hotel Normandie
Hotel Norton
Hotel Norton and Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Hotel Norton (old)
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain
Hotel Pontchartrain and Old Wayne County Building
Hotel Pontchartrain and Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Hotel Pontchartrain auditorium
Hotel Pontchartrain - Flamingo Room
Hotel Pontchartrain lobby
Hotel Pontchartrain restaurant
Hotel Ste. Claire
Hudson's and Gratiot Avenue
Hudson's Department Store
Hudson's Department Store
Hudson's Department Store
Hudson's Department Store
Hudson's Department Store
Hudson's Department Store
Hudson's Department Store and Woodward Avenue
Hudson's Department Store - Flag
Hudson's Department Store - Flag
Hudson's Department Store - Interior
Huntington Place
Huntington Place - Exhibit Hall interior
Ice fountain on Washington Boulevard
Ice fountain on Washington Boulevard
Jefferson Avenue
Jefferson Avenue, east from Woodward Avenue
John J. Bagley Bust and Detroit Opera House
Kales Building
Kern's Department Store and Hotel Pontchartrain
Lafayette Boulevard looking toward Woodward
Lafayette Building
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel
Leland Hotel - Lobby
Leland Hotel - Lobby
Leland Hotel - Peacock Alley
Lester Hotel
Light Guard Armory
Light Guard Armory
Looking northwest up Michigan Avenue from Woodward
Looking south on Woodward toward Michigan Avenue
Louis Kamper Building
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Majestic Building
Majestic Building
Majestic Building
Majestic Building
Majestic Building and Detroit Opera House
Majestic Building and Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Majestic Building from Lafayette Boulevard
Majestic Hotel
Majestic Selfserv
Majestic Servself
Malcomson Building
Marine Hospital
Mariners Church
Mariners Church
Mariners Church
Mariners Church
Mariners Church
Masonic Temple (old)
Masonic Temple (old)
Masonic Temple (old)
Masonic Temple (old)
Masonic Temple (old)
Masonic Temple (old)
Masonic Temple (with never-built addition)
Masonic Temple (with never-built addition)
Merrill Fountain
Merrill Fountain
Michigan and Woodward avenues
Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street
Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street
Michigan Avenue looking east
Michigan Avenue, west from Washington Boulevard
Michigan Central Railroad Depot
Michigan Central Railroad Depot
Michigan Central Railroad Depot
Michigan Theatre
Michigan Theatre
Michigan Theatre
Miles Theatre
Monroe Avenue
Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square
Morgan Hotel
Morgan Hotel
Municipal Court Building
Newcomb-Endicott Department Store
Newcomb-Endicott Department Store - Interior
Nick's Gaslight
Norton Hotel
Norton Hotel (first)
Old City Hall
Old City Hall
Old City Hall
Old City Hall
Old City Hall
Old City Hall and Dime Building
Old City Hall and Fort Street
Old City Hall and Griswold Street
Old City Hall and Hammond Building
Old City Hall and Majestic Building
Old City Hall and Majestic Building
Old City Hall and Majestic Building
Old City Hall, Ford, Hammond and Dime buildings
Old City Hall, Hotel Pontchartrain and Hammond Building
Old City Hall, Majestic Building and Dime Building
Old City Hall, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and Dime Building
Old Cow Shed
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building
Old Wayne County Building and Soldiers and Sailors Monument
One Woodward Avenue
One Woodward - Top of the Flame
Oriental Hotel
Owen Building
"Passo di Danza (Step of the Dance)"
Peninsular Stove Co.
Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building (first)
Penobscot Building, Penobscot Annex, State Savings Bank, Detroit Trust Co. Building
Penobscot buildings and State Savings Bank
Penobscot Building (second)
Penobscot buildings (first and second)
People's Outfitting Co.
People's Outfitting Co. - Japanese Roof Garden
Plaza Apartments
Plaza Apartments
Pontchartrain Hotel
Pontchartrain Hotel
Pontchartrain Hotel
Pontchartrain Hotel and Hammond Building
Pullman Cafe
Randolph Street
Recreation Building
Renaissance Center
River Street on east side of downtown
R.L. Polk Co. Building
Russell A. Alger Memorial Fountain
Russell A. Alger Memorial Fountain
Russell House and Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Salvation Army Citadel
Sea Food Grotto
Second Avenue Presbyterian Church
Second Avenue Presbyterian Church
Shubert-Lafayette Theatre
Shubert-Lafayette Theatre
Shubert-Lafayette Theatre
Skyscrapers of Greater Detroit
Smith's Restaurant
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Spirit of Detroit
"Spirit of Transportation"
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. Aloysius Catholic Church - interior
St. Aloysius Catholic Church - interior
St. Aloysius Catholic Church - Interior
St. Aloysius Catholic Church - Interior
St. Aloysius Catholic Church - Interior
State Savings Bank
State Savings Bank
State Savings Bank
State Savings Bank
State Savings Bank
State Savings Bank and Penobscot Building (first)
State Savings Bank and Penobscot Building (first)
State Savings Bank and Penobscot buildings
State Street from Griswold Street
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotel - Dining Room
Steamers along the Detroit riverfront
Steamship docks
Ste. Claire Hotel
Stevens T. Mason Monument
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church - Interior
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church
Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church
Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church
Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church
Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church and Father Dowling Hall
Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church and Father Dowling Hall
The Ashley
The Heart of Detroit
Theodore J. Levin U.S. Courthouse
Theodore J. Levin U.S. Courthouse
The Qube
The Tropics (Wolverine Hotel)
Thought I saw a friend of mine
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel
Tuller Hotel and Church of Our Father
Tuller Hotel - Arabian Restaurant
Tuller Hotel - Crystal Grille
Tuller Hotel - Lobby
Tuller Hotel - Roof Garden
Tuttle & Clark
Union Depot
Union Depot
Union Depot
Union Depot
Union Depot
Union Depot
Union Depot - Lunch room
Union Depot - Tracks
Union Trust Co. Building
Union Trust Co. Building
United Artists Theatre Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Building
View from Majestic Building, looking south
View of Griswold Street from the Majestic Building
Vinton and First National buildings
Walker-Roehrig Building
Walter Lowry tavern
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard and Cadillac Hotel
Washington Boulevard Building
Washington Boulevard, looking north from Michigan Avenue
Washington Boulevard, looking north from State Street
Washington Boulevard, looking south from Grand Circus Park
Water Board Building
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne Hotel
Wayne Hotel
Wayne Hotel
Wayne Hotel
Wayne Hotel Mineral Baths
Wayne Hotel - Pavilion
Wayne Hotel - Pavilion and Bath House and D&C docks
Wayne Hotel - Pavilion and steamer Pleasure
West Fort Street
West Fort Street looking east
West Grand Circus Park
West side of Campus Martius
Wolverine Hotel
Wolverine Hotel
Wolverine Hotel
Wolverine Hotel
Wolverine Hotel
Wolverine Hotel
Wolverine Hotel
Women's City Club
Wonderland and Temple Theatre
Woodward and Michigan avenues
Woodward Avenue
Woodward Avenue and Campus Martius
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church - Library
Woodward Avenue, by night
Woodward Avenue from Campus Martius
Woodward Avenue from Gratiot Avenue
Woodward Avenue from Jefferson Avenue
Woodward Avenue from State Street
Woodward Avenue, looking east toward the Detroit River
Woodward Avenue looking north from State Street
Woodward Avenue looking north from State Street
Woodward Avenue looking south from Grand Circus Park
Woodward Avenue looking south from Grand Circus Park
Woodward Avenue looking south from Grand Circus Park
Woodward Avenue looking south from Montcalm Street
Woodward Avenue looking south from State Street
Woodward Avenue, looking toward the Detroit River
Woodward Avenue, looking west down Fort Street
Woodward Avenue, north from Jefferson
Woodward Avenue, north from Larned Street
Woodward Avenue north of Grand River Avenue
Woodward Avenue north of Gratiot Avenue
Woodward Avenue, north of Jefferson
Woodward Avenue north of Jefferson Avenue
Woodward Avenue, showing Grinnell Brothers Music House
Woodward Avenue, south to Pontchartrain
Woodward Avenue, south toward the Detroit River
Woodward looking south toward Detroit River
Woodward north of Grand Circus Park
Woodward south toward the Detroit River
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch)
YMCA (Downtown branch) and Wolverine Hotel
Young Woman's Home
Y.W.C.A. Central Branch
Y.W.C.A. Central Branch
Y.W.C.A. Central Branch
Y.W.C.A. (first)
Y.W.C.A. (first)
Y.W.C.A. (first)
Y.W.C.A. (first)
YWCA (first)