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Catalog Number 2012.044.085
Object Name Print, Photographic
Description Black and white photographic print depicting the north end of Woodward Avenue in Campus Martius. The streets are filled with people, automobiles, streetcars, and double-decker buses. The Majestic Building, Central United Methodist Church, the David Broderick Tower, Hudson's, Sallan Jewelers, Kern's, Golde Clothing, the Detroit Opera House, Roesink's Clothes, United Shirt Distributors, Randall Clothes, the Bagley Memorial Fountain, and the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument are all pictured. Advertisements are posted for Red Crown Gasoline, the Wayne County Democratic Committee's endorsements for the 1928 presidential and gubernatorial races (featuring the slogans "[Al] Smith and Common Sense" and ("[William Alfred] Comstock and Complete Change"), Old Gold Cigarettes (featuring Charlie Chaplin), Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch's Ginger Ale, and Lux. "Manning Bros. Detroit" is embossed into the lower left, and "94039" is printed in the lower right. "From the Manning Bros. Collection, This Photo may not be reproduced without the permission of Manning Bros. Commercial Photographers, 16300 Brush Street, Highland Park 3, Mich." is stamped on the verso.
Date 1928
People Smith, Al
Comstock, William Alfred
Chaplin, Charlie
Studio Manning Brothers
Print size 10" x 8"
Collection Detroit Views
Search Terms Woodward Avenue
Storefronts
Campus Martius
Majestic Building
Hudson's
Sallan Jewelers
Kale's
Detroit Opera House
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Manning Brothers