The Fox Theater marquee in 1966.
Happy belated birthday to the Fox Theater, which recently turned eighty-four years old!
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Old friends Windsor and Detroit, separated by the Detroit River. 1941
Children playing stickball on Ludden and Preston Street in Detroit. In the block between Elmwood Ave and Ellery Street. Photo is dated April 28, 1938.
(Source: detroitnews.com)
Woodward Avenue with a view of the old Hotel Pontchartrain. Circa 1910.
(Source: loc.gov)
A photo collage of Mark “The Bird” Fidrych and Big Bird from Sesame Street.
Photos taken in Fidrych’s 1976 rookie season by Louis Requena for The Sporting News.
Detroit Police demonstrating use of a gas mask, in case of an air raid. Photo taken during World War II, in 1942.
(Source: detroitnews.com)
A 1920-1922 Packard special squad car for Detroit Fire Department with Rescue Company No.1
Inscription on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six (produced 8/1919-6/1923, oft called fourth series), 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, special lengthened wheelbase, special squad car, photographed on ramp in front of Detroit Fire Department Rescue Company No.1, at Antoine and East Larned St., in downtown Detroit, Mich.
(Source: mmm.lib.msu.edu)
The Renaissance Center with Amtrack railroad cars. Circa 1970s.
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Lightning in the skies behind Fort Street Presbyterian Church. Circa 1960s.
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Detroit Convention and Tourist Bureau brochure cover with view of city skyline and riverfront.
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