Slick Member Username: Slick
Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:34 am: | |
Hello all, recevied this link for old pictures of Michigan towns, plus Detroit has its own section. http://www.viewsofthepast.com/ topics/towns.htm# enjoy, slick |
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 821 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:50 am: | |
Thanks Slick for the posting and welcome to the forum! Under the Detroit section, I clicked on the Steamship going down Griswold picture! Does anyone know what the purpose of that was? |
Single_malt Member Username: Single_malt
Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:51 am: | |
Thanks for sharing, this will definitely be added into my favorites. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 5172 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:53 am: | |
What's with the Airship picture? Detroit, The Airship City? There's a picture of what looks like the Kitty Hawk, and a building in the background that says "Wright" on it. |
Rel Member Username: Rel
Post Number: 164 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 11:09 am: | |
Um... a steamer on Griswold? Scratching my head.
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Alan55 Member Username: Alan55
Post Number: 1249 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 12:25 pm: | |
Erie, those were just joke or curiosity photos. Pretty common around the turn of the century. Just a gimmick to sell more postcards. |
Qdaddy77 Member Username: Qdaddy77
Post Number: 101 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 12:30 pm: | |
is it me or is the boat club in the middle of the river?
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Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 833 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:33 pm: | |
Higher water levels at the time? |
Clayton Member Username: Clayton
Post Number: 22 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:58 pm: | |
Single_malt - what a cool user name! |
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision
Post Number: 571 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 12:05 am: | |
That is odd about the boat club... very nice photos. It gives one a sense of connection when one goes to work in a building that's seen as much as many of those photos have. Even more interesting, one of the photos gave me a clue to another forumers' username :-) (Message edited by digitalvision on February 20, 2008) |
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 830 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 2:02 am: | |
Thanks Alan! Now I'm laughing. Who woulda thunk there was such photo trickery back then? |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3519 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 3:07 am: | |
Was there a Wright Kay building before the current Wright Kay building at John R & Woodward? |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2322 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 9:30 am: | |
"Under the Detroit section, I clicked on the Steamship going down Griswold picture! Does anyone know what the purpose of that was?" This was before Photoshop! Did someone actually take the time to stage that scene? |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 5277 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 9:52 am: | |
quote:This was before Photoshop! Did someone actually take the time to stage that scene? LOL.. You'd be surprised what was possible before Photoshop.
Stalin no like you! You no longer exist! |
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city
Post Number: 630 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 1:41 pm: | |
Oh, look at how clean and fancy the Book Tower is! The poor old gal needs a bath. |