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- Up Woodward: 1908
- ... Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Moonlight Towers And all this time I've considered cell phone towers a major ... in the fifth inning.
Let There Be Light! How many moonlight towers does everyone count? I can see maybe twelve, thirteen or ... Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 7:37pm -
- War of the Worlds: 1905
- ... and one of Detroit's celebrated arc-lamp standards, or "moonlight towers" -- appropriately reminiscent of Wells and Verne in a plaza ...
Burned Out Guess it's a good thing we don't have moonlight towers now. The "kids today" would probably climb them and spray ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 3:34pm -
- Woodward Avenue: 1917
- ... rise again."
Speaking of moonlight Farewell, good moonlight towers. Twenty years gone by the time of this photo.
Is it a ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:50pm -
- Moonlight Tower: 1899
- ... of the edifice, and forcing the full demolition.
Moonlight Towers in Austin There are indeed remaining moonlight towers here in Austin. Seventeen of them are still in use, ... Posted by Dave - 10/17/2020 - 10:35am -
- Welcome to Detroit: 1900
- ... pricing fruit perhaps on a fine summer's Sunday.
Moonlight Towers: now Austin residents Those carbon-arc lamps were once very ... free-tailed bats feasting on the insects drawn to glow of moonlight towers. Austin, whose unofficial motto is "Keep Austin Weird," is a ... Posted by Dave - 08/13/2013 - 3:50pm -
- Field of Mars: 1890
- ... could afford it left the city in the summer months.
Moonlight Towers Austin, Texas, went in with the moonlight tower fad and ... Posted by Dave - 07/26/2012 - 4:55pm -
- The Electric Circus: 1905
- ... block of Woodward is now a pedestrian and event plaza. The moonlight towers have been replaced by the United Way torch!
Just ... placed as high as possible.
[Shorpy and Detroit's "moonlight towers" go way back. - Dave]
Penny Arcade? The Exhibit, 98 ... Posted by Dave - 01/20/2022 - 1:45pm -
- Cadillac Square: 1902
- ... the pine trees and so much more, or so much less.
Moonlight Towers Austin, TX still has a few working Moonlight towers - usually just called Moontowers. At Zilker Park a Moontower ... Posted by Dave - 02/13/2013 - 12:14pm -
- The Detroit 200
- ... the Majestic Building and one of the city's celebrated "moonlight towers." Detroit Photographic Co. glass negative. View full size. ... Posted by Dave - 04/15/2022 - 11:24pm -
- Motown Noir: 1910
- ...
Where's the Moon (Light Towers)? Were the moonlight towers all gone by 1910? I looked back at the past Detroit photos ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 5:00pm -
- Washington Park: 1907
- ... is gone.
Now appearing in Austin Some of the Moonlight Towers wound up being sold to Austin, Texas, where they're still ... Posted by Dave - 02/06/2012 - 9:29am -
- Start Your Engines: 1903
- ... Tall Tower This shot gives us a good look at one of the moonlight towers and its proportions compared to the buildings around it.
... #6? In 1896, Austin, Texas bought 31 of the Detroit moonlight towers. 17 are still standing, including one a block from my home ... Posted by Dave - 09/08/2014 - 12:27pm -
- Swim Teem: 1917
- Detroit, Michigan, circa 1917. "Bathing beach at Belle Isle Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Find it Where is Wally?
Could've been a great picture But someone moved.
... Posted by Dave - 07/25/2012 - 3:11pm -
- Detroit: 1897
- ...
Moon tower! That looks exactly like one of the "moonlight towers" of Austin, Texas -- and according to Wikipedia, they were ... Posted by Dave - 08/20/2012 - 10:22am -
- No Left Turn: 1948
- ... Yard had floodlight towers, similar to the Detroit moonlight towers, and that might be one of them down Honeywell Street on the ... Posted by Dave - 06/30/2013 - 12:18pm -
- Woodward in Winter: 1910
- ... in front of the church is one of the city's arc-lamp "moonlight towers." View full size.
What is the tower? I noticed a ... Posted by Dave - 08/02/2012 - 5:24pm -
- East From Majestic: 1903
- ... This view includes a couple of the city's arc-lamp "moonlight towers." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full ... Posted by Dave - 07/20/2012 - 7:17pm -
- The Illuminating Co.: 1900
- ... similar discharge lamps atop super tall poles.
The Moonlight Towers of Detroit and Austin are also examples of this type of ... Posted by Dave - 06/29/2015 - 10:33am -
- Austin Statesman: 1913
- ... and could fill in nicely.
Austin Newspaper Like the Moonlight Towers, the Statesman is still Austin's daily newspaper, now known as ... Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 7:55pm -
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