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Regional Boards => Great Lakes and Ohio Valley => Topic started by: jOnstar on January 21, 2012, 02:15:43 AM

Title: Request for some old Metro Detroit photos
Post by: jOnstar on January 21, 2012, 02:15:43 AM
    I have a pretty good collection from the city of Detroit, but I would like to get more of the metro area in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. I would love to find some old US-25 Gratiot Ave or even when US-25 rode along I-94 between Porth Huron and Detroit. If anyone has some good ones, post em up!
Title: Re: Request for some old Metro Detroit photos
Post by: tradephoric on January 21, 2012, 11:09:18 AM
Here's a few i have, probably not many rare shots though:

Campus Martius
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Woodward 1942, church in the immediate background is the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul off Hancock Street:
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Operating a traffic light on Woodward Ave.
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Shot of Cobo Hall roof, unknown year:
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Chevy Plant parking lot in Flint, Michigan:
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Woodward & 8 Mile Interchange, hasn't changed much through the years:
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Title: Re: Request for some old Metro Detroit photos
Post by: jOnstar on January 22, 2012, 12:13:21 AM
All pretty good pictures. I really like the 8 mile and Woodward Interchange photo on the bottom of your post. Such a cool shot, and nothing has changed all that much around there, but it's cool to see US-10 along Woodward. It's been quite a few years since I had a memory of a US-10 sign south of Bay City. I remember when they scaled it back, and MDOT was still in the process of replacing the signs along I-75/US-23 North of Flint that still showed US-10.