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Catalog Number 1955.238.005
Object Name Postcard
Title Detroit Opera House and Fountain, Detroit, Mich.
Scope & Content Color postcard depicting the Detroit Opera House at Campus Martius, with the Merrill Fountain in the foreground. Signs read "Pennsylvania Lines", "Union Ticket Office", "Wright, Kay & Co.", and "Temple Theatre, Wonderland, Vaudeville".
Printed on verso: Detroit Opera House and Palmer Fountain. - This beautiful fountain was donated to the city by Mrs. Thos. W. Palmer several years ago. It is located on the Campus Martius which was reserved as a breathing spot in the "Governor and Judges" plan, adopted for the city in its earliest history. The Opera House is one of the finest in the country and caters to high class shows only.
Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 10, 1910.
Date 1910
Collection Postcard
Search Terms Detroit Opera House
Theaters
Fountains