  Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 223 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51 |
http://img204.imageshack.us/im g204/3470/dsr7648checkersschsp t6ei.jpg Someone posted this in the Detroit Memories newsgroup, wanting to know where this photo was taken. Thought they might have a better chance of someone identifying it here. Any takers? | ||
623kraw Member Username: 623kraw Post Number: 755 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200 |
Almost looks like Hamtramck on Hanley street.  | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3201 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.218.156.10 |
The house looks like it was once lived in or built for an affluent family. The large window to the right is probably proof of a huge stairway. hell, it could be anywhere. Grand Blvd? | ||
Putnam Member Username: Putnam Post Number: 85 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 68.250.174.63 |
Wild guess: Blessed Sacrament and Belmont Street from the northeast corner of Belmont and Woodward. | ||
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve Post Number: 2671 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.209.188.186 |
That's not a house on the right; it's definitely a house of worship. It's not Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, though. That church doesn't sit at the property line like the one in the photo. Perhaps the other cathedral south of Blessed Sacrament? (I'm drawing a blank on the denomination, but I think it's Episcopal.) | ||
Neilr Member Username: Neilr Post Number: 181 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.215.65 |
Is it the large church complex on Nardin Park, off of Grand River? | ||
Blessyouboys Member Username: Blessyouboys Post Number: 244 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 69.209.174.106 |
Metropoilitan Methodist on Woodward??? | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 5451 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.168.211 |
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield??? | ||
Erikd Member Username: Erikd Post Number: 507 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.214.106 |
Calvary Baptist Church on E Lafayette??? LOL | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1147 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
I believe that the church in this photo is the Central Woodward Christian Church, built in 1928, better known today as Historic Little Rock Baptist Church. It is located at 9000 Woodward Ave. at Taylor. Just north of the church is Northern High School, which explains all the buses. Here's my photo of the church...sorry it is not the full length of the side, but I think you can see where the structures and windows match what you see in the original photo.  | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 233 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
No idea,but the car showing it's grille to the right of the bus in front is a 1957 Ford, so the photo dates from '57 or later. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 965 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
Kathleen hit a home run. original photo:  Kathleen photo:  | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 224 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51 |
Kathleen, Thank you. Stupid me, I should have known it. I work next door to Little Rock and walk pass that very side of the church twice a day. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 967 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
Ed, you work at Artie Fields?  | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 2967 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
jjaba holds out for Masonic Temple, with buses lining Cass Park. Why are all those buses lining a church? The Baptists use buses, but count the buses in the original photo. That's a ton of buses for that church. jjaba, what's my prize? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 225 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51 |
Jjaba, The buses aren't lining the church, they are lining Northern High School, which is about 20 feet to the left of the photo. It's definitely Little Rock. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 2970 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
Thanks Ed. Now I got the picture. jjaba. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 2971 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
jjaba wants to know what it says in the front window of the buses? Make and model yr. of buses? So the busesare for an event at Northern High School. What event? What's the date of the photo? jjaba, more questions than answers on a wonderful photo. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 969 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
For Jjaba:  | ||
Gary Member Username: Gary Post Number: 110 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 69.218.78.187 |
Maybe the kids at Northern are going on a field trip? My experience in junior high during the mid 60s was that every day after school, a half dozen DSR busses would line up at my school to transport the students. This prevented hundreds of kids from having to wait for the bus at the regular DSR stops along Puritan. It was a faster more efficient way to provide after school transportation for the kids. I think this was common practice all over Detroit in those days. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 970 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
My guess is that is a 1958 license plate.  (Message edited by Psip on January 29, 2006) | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 2972 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 192.220.139.20 |
So this was just a normal after-school routine when a lotta kids attended Northern? Certainly, in the 1950s, jjaba remembers sending up extra feeder buses on Grand River at 3 pm for Cass Tech. students. So explain the Carver (5) window sign. Was there a Carver route or Carver School back then which fed Northern? The Northlawn bus used signs like that on the Westside. That bus ran from Cunninghams on Grand River-Oakman on a loop up Northlawn to jjaba's huse. Some bus lines never got on the big roller signs about the driver, so they used window signs with special mounts. Anybody know the the make and model of the buses? What a wonderful photo for exploring Detroit in 1958. jjaba was a Cass Tech. junior then, 11th grade. jjaba, on the Dexter bus going for pickles. | ||
Gary Member Username: Gary Post Number: 111 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 69.218.78.187 |
You got me there, jiaba. I don't know what the significance of the "Carver 5" tag on the bus is. There is a Carver School in Detroit (18701 Paul), but beyond that, I don't hsve a clue. I agree, it's a great photo. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1148 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
Ed_golick: Glad I could help out!! Something in the original photo jogged my memory, because I went right to my photo albums and pulled out the current photo of the church. Thanks, psip, for the photo comparison!! That Jjaba: The Central Woodward Christian Church is attributed to George Mason, as is, of course, the Masonic Temple....hence the similar appearance. And that's why I spent some time shooting the photos of CWCC; it's got some very nice sculptural details, similar to what you see on the Masonic Temple. | ||
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve Post Number: 2672 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.209.188.186 |
Ahem, perhaps my post narrowed it down for you, Kathleen? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1149 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
Hamtramck_Steve: I'll concede that...perhaps... but actually I think that Blessyouboys' comment about Metropolitan Methodist got me thinking about all the churches up and down that section of Woodward and something just clicked. And then I was able to confirm it with my photo. Thanks for the subconscious help!!! | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 2977 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
So why all the buses lined up beside the church? Somebody, take a stab at it. jjaba | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 817 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 204.39.225.237 |
Picking up kids from Northern High School which is located across the street. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 976 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
Field trip to ????? I count 6 buses, so that would carry about 300 people. Perhaps a concert at Ford Auditorium or maybe the DIA. |
