The November 12, 2009 Shorpy site had a very detailed view of Detroit's Woodward Avenue where Fort Street joins it.
The Soldier and Sailors Monument is prominently featured along with lots of cars, street cars and pedestrians decked out in city finery. Every male who wasn't in uniform (the photo is circa 1917) wears a hat and suit. Ladies are in dresses and hats as well.
What I like about Shorpy is that you can enlarge the pictures for even closer inspection and it then becomes a real slice right out of history.
There are lots of signs. Some of them:
Hudson's Grows With Detroit
Detroit Creamery Milk Is Health Insurance
Golde Clothes $15
National Clothing $10 $15
Elmer's Suits Furs
Kelly Springfield Tires Made to Make Good
Detroit Opera House Bond's Save $10 Clothes
Henkels Flour Always the Best
www.shorpy.com November 12, 2009 Woodward Avenue 1917
The comments are interesting as well, most saying how the same view today shows how a great US city has fallen.
And US-12 has a Terminus Near Here. --RoadDog
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