More Old Detroit Photos

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Here are some more old photos from http://www.hellodetroit.com. The city sure has changed!

Wayne County Building, 1915

Opera House & Temple Theater, 1905

Fisher Body Plant, 1920

Washington Boulevard & the Gas Building, 1915

Majestic Building, 1905

German American Bank, 1905

Rush Hour Traffic on Second Avenue, 1942

Looking southwest from Maccabee Building toward Wayne State University, 1942

Looking southeast from Maccabee Building, 1942

Hotel Fort Shelby, 1942

Cadillac Square, 1942

Cadillac Square, 1942

City Hall, 1942

Main office of Edison Electric Co., 1942

Main Building of the Detroit Public Library, 1942

Fort Street looking toward the First National Bank, 1942

Campus Martius, 1920s

J.B. Ford, Jr. House, 1915

Afternoon Shopping crowds on Woodward Avenue, 1942. This was once the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. Hudson's, the largest department store in the world was across the street. The buildings in the photo are being renovated as part of the Lofts at Merchants Row project.

More shopping crowds, 1942

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