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Background imageDetroit Collection: Palmer Foundation and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, c. 1906 (b / w photo)

Palmer Foundation and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, c. 1906 (b / w photo)
862707 Palmer Foundation and Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, c.1906 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Lily Pond on Belle Isle

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Lily Pond on Belle Isle Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Frank E Kirby Steamer

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Frank E Kirby Steamer leaving for Put-in-Bay village on South Bass Island. Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Woodward Avenue, looking north

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Woodward Avenue, looking north Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Michigan Building, State Fair

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Michigan Building, State Fair Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Columbia Steamer

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Columbia Steamer Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - The Bridge to Belle Isle

Detroit, Michigan, USA - The Bridge to Belle Isle Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Boat Club - Clubhouse

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Boat Club - Clubhouse. Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Belle Isle - Central Avenue

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Belle Isle - Central Avenue Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Water Works Park

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Water Works Park. Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Pingree Monument, Grand Circus Park

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Pingree Monument, Grand Circus Park. Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Griswold Street

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Griswold Street Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Lighthouse at Palmer Park

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Lighthouse at Palmer Park. Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Tashmoo Pleasure Steamer

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Tashmoo Pleasure Steamer Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Floral Clock at Water Works Park

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Floral Clock at Water Works Park Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - City Hall

Detroit, Michigan, USA - City Hall Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Belle Isle - The Pavilion

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Belle Isle - The Pavilion Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Monroe Avenue

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Monroe Avenue Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Majestic Building and Woodward Ave

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Majestic Building and Woodward Avenue. Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Entrance to Belle Isle Park

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Entrance to Belle Isle Park Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Log Cabin in Palmer Park

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Log Cabin in Palmer Park Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: Detroit, Michigan, USA - Broadway and Breitmeyer Building

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Broadway and Breitmeyer Building Date: 1907

Background imageDetroit Collection: General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan, USA

General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan, USA
General Motors Building, West Boulevard and 2nd - Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1938

Background imageDetroit Collection: Barlum Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Barlum Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Barlum Hotel, Detroit 26, Michigan, USA. On Cadillac Square, one block east of Woodward. Radio in every room - " no added charge"... Date: circa 1950s

Background imageDetroit Collection: City Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown

City Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
City Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA, c1900. Detroit City Hall was the seat of government for the city of Detroit from 1871, but first proposed for demolition as early as 1894

Background imageDetroit Collection: Compound Greathead Shield Destroying A Barrier Between Two Countries, c1935

Compound Greathead Shield Destroying A Barrier Between Two Countries, c1935. Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imageDetroit Collection: Library and editorial room, The Evening News Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1924

Library and editorial room, The Evening News Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1924. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1924]

Background imageDetroit Collection: Projection room, Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1925

Projection room, Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1925. Detroits Capitol Theatre was a cinema and concert venue designed by Charles Howard Crane and opened in 1922

Background imageDetroit Collection: Boxes in the Loge Mezzanine, Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1925

Boxes in the Loge Mezzanine, Capitol Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1925. Detroits Capitol Theatre was a cinema and concert venue designed by Charles Howard Crane and opened in 1922

Background imageDetroit Collection: Exterior of kiln and mill building, West End Plant, Fisher Body Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1923

Exterior of kiln and mill building, West End Plant, Fisher Body Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1923. Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder which became a division of General Motors in 1926

Background imageDetroit Collection: Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century

Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageDetroit Collection: Part of the production line at Fords Highland Park factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, c1914

Part of the production line at Fords Highland Park factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, c1914. The factory, 4.5 miles from the centre of Detroit was the first to make use of assembly-line techniques

Background imageDetroit Collection: Children riding a Merry-go-round roundabout in Clark Park, D

Children riding a Merry-go-round roundabout in Clark Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1900s

Background imageDetroit Collection: Aerial view, Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Aerial view, Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Aerial view of Briggs Stadium and the skyline of Detroit, Michigan, USA. The stadium was the home of the Detroit Tigers (baseball) and the Detroit Lions (football)

Background imageDetroit Collection: Employees - Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Employees - Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA
The 25, 000 Employees of the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA pose for a group photograph in front of the factory buildings

Background imageDetroit Collection: FORT DETROIT, 1749. Map of Fort Detroit based on a drawing by Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros

FORT DETROIT, 1749. Map of Fort Detroit based on a drawing by Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros de Le Roy, a French Army engineer, 1749

Background imageDetroit Collection: Belgian war orphans with Father Syoens WWI

Belgian war orphans with Father Syoens WWI
Group photograph of Belgian war orphan children brought to Detroit, U.S.A during World War One. Father Syoens, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Roman Catholic Church

Background imageDetroit Collection: Greyhound Bus Terminal, Washington Boulevard, Detroit, USA

Greyhound Bus Terminal, Washington Boulevard, Detroit, USA
Greyhound Bus and Air Lines Terminal, Washington Boulevard, Detroit, USA (built in 1937). Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageDetroit Collection: Sheba the elephant pulling children in a cart at Detroit Zoo

Sheba the elephant pulling children in a cart at Detroit Zoo, Michigan, USA Date: circa 1920

Background imageDetroit Collection: MICHIGAN: DETROIT, c1980. Abandoned storefronts along Monroe Street in Detroit, Michigan

MICHIGAN: DETROIT, c1980. Abandoned storefronts along Monroe Street in Detroit, Michigan. Photograph, c1980

Background imageDetroit Collection: MICHIGAN: DETROIT, c1980. Commercial building on Monroe Avenue in Detroit, Michigan

MICHIGAN: DETROIT, c1980. Commercial building on Monroe Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Photograph, c1980

Background imageDetroit Collection: CARD GAME, 1941. Women playing cards and drinking Coca-Cola in Detroit, Michigan

CARD GAME, 1941. Women playing cards and drinking Coca-Cola in Detroit, Michigan. Photograph by Arthur Siegel, 1941

Background imageDetroit Collection: Boumeli Hissar, or the Castle of Europe (engraving)

Boumeli Hissar, or the Castle of Europe (engraving)
XJF311298 Boumeli Hissar, or the Castle of Europe (engraving) by Allom, Thomas (1804-72) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fortress of Rumelihisari)

Background imageDetroit Collection: FORD ASSEMBLY LINE, 1913. The last stage of the Model T assembly line at the Ford

FORD ASSEMBLY LINE, 1913. The last stage of the Model T assembly line at the Ford automobile plant in Highland Park, Michigan. Photograph, 1913

Background imageDetroit Collection: 58 Bagley Avenue

58 Bagley Avenue
circa 1915: View of the rented garage in which Henry Ford invented and assembled his first automobile, 58 Bagley Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

Background imageDetroit Collection: Assembly line production of M3 tanks at a Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, during World War II

Assembly line production of M3 tanks at a Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, during World War II
TANK FACTORY, c1944. Assembly line production of M3 tanks at a Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, during World War II. Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer, c1944

Background imageDetroit Collection: Dexter Avenue in a middle class neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, previously all white, now

Dexter Avenue in a middle class neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, previously all white, now, in 1957, integrated
DETROIT: INTEGRATION, 1957. Dexter Avenue in a middle class neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, previously all white, now, in 1957, integrated

Background imageDetroit Collection: American Eagle Tobacco Company, Detroit, Michigan Manufactur

American Eagle Tobacco Company, Detroit, Michigan Manufactur




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"Detroit: A City of Rich History, Vibrant Culture, and Automotive Legacy" Discover the enchanting allure of Detroit, Michigan - a city that seamlessly blends its historical landmarks with modern marvels. Step into the grandeur of The Fox Theatre, an architectural gem in downtown Detroit that has hosted countless performances and events since its opening in 1928. Immerse yourself in the sporting heritage at Navin Field (Briggs Stadium), where baseball legends once graced the field and created unforgettable moments for fans. This iconic stadium holds a special place in the hearts of sports enthusiasts across America. As you explore this dynamic city, it's impossible to ignore the influence of Ford Motor Company. Witness firsthand how this automotive giant shaped Detroit's landscape by employing thousands and revolutionizing transportation worldwide from their headquarters here. Michigan itself is a treasure trove for nature lovers. Experience tranquility while boating at Belle Isle Park, an island oasis nestled within Detroit's borders. Marvel at stunning views of the city skyline along the picturesque Detroit River – a sight that captures both urban charm and natural beauty. Navin Park offers another serene escape within bustling Detroit – a perfect spot to unwind amidst lush greenery or enjoy recreational activities with loved ones. And if you're seeking luxury accommodations during your stay, Pontchartrain Hotel located near Campus Martius promises sophistication and comfort. Detroit isn't just about cars; it also boasts thrilling races like Hispano-Suiza H6C competing against Baby Bootlegger Speedboat on waterways nearby. This adrenaline-fueled spectacle showcases Detroit's passion for speed and innovation beyond land vehicles. Travel back in time to witness Henry Ford's pioneering spirit as he tests his groundbreaking automobiles at Piquette Plant circa 1905 – an essential milestone in automotive history that forever changed how we move today. The Hudson Motor Company stands tall as another testament to Detroit's automotive prowess. Explore their legacy through exhibits showcasing their contributions to the industry, reminding us of Detroit's enduring impact.