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Color postcard from circa 1920-1930 showing a view of high-rises in Detroit, Michigan, looking north between Woodward Avenue and and Griswold Street. The white building on the left is the Ford Building (1909), with the Penobscot Building addition from 1916 on the far left. The white building in the background on the left is the Dime Building (1912). The taller building in the center background is the Majestic Building (1898), and the skyscraper on the right is the First National Building (1922).

Black and white photograph from approximately 1902 of Campus Martius and Cadillac Square, from the old Detroit City Hall in Detroit, Michigan. The Wayne County Building (formerly Wayne County Courthouse) is at the end of Cadillac Square.

Color postcard from approximately 1907 showing showing Cadillac Square looking east from Detroit City Hall (now One Kennedy Square) in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 to commemorate Michigan soldiers' and sailors' who died in the Civil War, can be seen in the center. In the background is the old Wayne County Courthouse (now the Wayne County Building), built in 1897. The image itself is likely from before 1902, as the Pontchartrain Hotel was built in that year where the building on the right stands in this postcard.

Color postcard from 1919 showing Monroe Avenue at Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. The skyscraper in the image is the Cadillac Square Building, built in 1919 and designed by Louis Kamper. It was demolished and replaced by a parking lot in 1978. In the foreground, in front of the Cadillac Square Building in the image is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 in memory of fallen Michigan soldiers and sailors in the American Civil War. To the right, at the end of Cadillac Square is the old Wayne County Courthouse (now known as the Wayne County Building), which was built in 1902.

Color postcard from circa 1901-1906 showing the southerly view of Capitol Park and Griswold Street in Detroit, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1918-1920 showing the view west down Cadillac Square from the Wayne County Building in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Ford Building (1909 - Daniel Burnham). The tall building at the end of Cadillac Square on the left is the Pontchartrain Hotel, built in 1907 and demolished in 1920. Behind it can be seen the old Detroit City Hall (1871, demolished 1961) and a corner of the Dime Building (1912 - Daniel Burnham). On the right is the Cadillac Square Building (1818 - Louis Kamper, demolished in 1976).

Black and white stereograph from circa 1880-1890 of a boy at a public drinking fountain on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. In the background is a horsecar, the precursor to electric streetcars.

Color postcard from approximately 1912 depicting a scene on Woodward Avenue, looking north in Detroit, Michigan. The white skyscraper on the left is the Ford Building, built in 1909. The skyscraper at the far right is the Majestic Building, built in 1896. Both were designed by architect Daniel Burnham.

Black and white photograph from circa 1910-1920 showing a night scene on Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. On the right can be seen the sign for the Burns Hotel, built in 1905 at Cadillac Square and Bates Street, and bought out in 1917 to be replaced by the Cadillac Tower (originally Barlum Tower) in 1927.

Black and white copy print of a photograph from circa 1880-1890 showing a group of horse-drawn streetcars and other traffic on a road in Detroit, Michigan.

Black and white copy print of the intersection of Griswold Street and Michigan Avenue, looking at the Detroit City Hall circa 1922-1930. The First National Building (1922 - Albert Kahn) is in the background, with the corner of the Dime Building visible on the right. A traffic signaler works from a 'crow's nest' to manage the traffic of automobiles, pedestrians and streetcars.

Color postcard from approximately 1911 showing Woodward Avenue, looking north from just north of Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The tall building in the background on the west side of Woodward is the Majestic Building, built in 1896 by Daniel H. Burnham (demolished 1962). On the east side the taller building is the Pontchartrain Hotel. Built in 1907, the hotel quickly became a hub for financial dealings in the automotive industry and lavish galas. With only half the rooms having baths, the Ponchartrain Hotel quickly became obsolete, though, and was torn down in 1920, with the First National Building being built in its place.

Black and white photograph from 1951 of Woodward Avenue, looking south near Six Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan. The Lincoln-Mercury Plant is on the left.

Color postcard from circa 1902-1906 showing Cadillac Square, looking east from Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. In the foreground is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (erected 1872), and at the end of Cadillac Square is the Wayne County Building (formerly Wayne County Courthouse), built in 1902.

Color postcard from circa 1930-1935 showing a view of Griswold Street, looking south from Capitol Park in Detroit, Michigan. The skyscraper in the foreground is the David Stott Building, built in 1929 by the architecture firm Donaldson and Meier, based out of Detroit. In the baground behind the David Stott Building is the Guardian Building (1929), built by Wirt C. Rowland for Smith, Hinchman Grylls. On the right, the Dime Building (1912) sits in front of the Greater Penobscot Tower (1929).

Color postcard from circa 1901-1907 showing the Majestic Building on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The Majestic Building was built in 1896 by Daniel Burnham and demolished in 1962.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing Capitol Park and a southerly view of Griswold Street in Detroit, Michigan. The Chamber of Commerce Building (1895) is on the left.

Black and white copy print of a photograph from 1916 showing Campus Martius and Woodward Avenue, looking north in Detroit, Michigan. On the right is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected 1872, and the Majestic Building (1896 - Daniel Burnham) is on the left.

Black and white photograph from 1914 showing Campus Martius, looking from Detroit City Hall to the Detroit Opera House, at night in Detroit, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1924-1930 showing the view from Campus Martius west in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872, is in the foreground. The skyscraper in the middle of the frame is the Majestic Building, built in 1896 by Daniel Burnham. In the background is the Book-Cadillac Hotel, built in 1924 by Louis Kamper. On the left is the corner of the old Detroit City Hall, built in 1871 and demolished in 1961. On the right is the Old Detroit Opera House, with the Merrill Fountain in front of it. The Old Detroit Opera House was built in 1869 and was demolished in 1963. Opera was performed at a number of different opera houses in Detroit. The Merrill Fountain was designed by the same New York architects who designed the New York Public Library. It first opened in 1901, and was moved to Palmer Park in the 1950s.

Black and white photograph from approximately 1926 taken from the Bob-Lo docks along the Detroit River, looking north up Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The First National Building is in the background, built in 1922 by Albert Kahn.