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- Whitmarsh
- Modest, isolated lives
- I believe that the metropolis of Archer Montana
- Lovely and spirited
- Mak-A-Tractor
- Stuck in the middle, or a good guess
- Found one!
- In the middle
- RIP Hattie
- Strange place for a period
- Czapka
- A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.
- Graybar Electrical Supply
- Much Has Changed Indeed
- It took me awhile to find one
- An early Ford spotted
- Victim of the scrapyard
- Identity Theft?
- In a Prosaic Industrial Park
- Happy Belated Birthday Shorpy.
- Yes please
- Much Has Changed
- Lost Ladies
- +65
- Aspen & Depot
- +102
- +105
- +105
- William A. Blakeley
- Rates warrant caution
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Fill the Flag: 1918
Detroit, 1918. "Cadillac Square and Real Estate Exchange from City Hall." Also a view of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument with World War I patriotic signage as the backdrop. Now playing at the corner movie palace: the "cinemelodrama" Cheating the Public. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Inflation
"Mr Waitt?" "Yes, Mr. Bond?" "We need to increase our cigar prices to 11c." "You realise that means changing the big sign?" "OK, forget it..."
Gratiot Streetcar
The streetcar at the bottom left of the photo is headed for Gratiot Avenue, a major artery from the centre of the city to the northeast. By 1956 Gratiot and Woodward were the last two remaining car lines when the system closed down. Streetcars run again today along Woodward Avenue's Q Line. Pronunciation note: The locals all pronounce Gratiot as "Gra-shit" without batting an eye.
A city in decline
This type of architecture is probably a thing of the past, unfortunately. Below is a picture from Historic Detroit that shows the demolition of this great building, one floor at a time.
Cadillac Square Today
Here's the approximate view today, but from ground level. The Real Estate Exchange was demolished in 1976 to make room for a proposed mall. The remaining tall white building is the Cadillac Tower, the REE's similar, taller neighbor, built a few years after the 1918 photo.
Cheating the Public.
Fox Film 1918, another lost Silent.
Too bad because it looks quite exciting.
["Thrilling food riots"! - Dave]
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