Description
This vintage postcard offers a captivating aerial view of Detroit’s Campus Martius, bustling with streetcars and buildings in muted browns and greens. Looking east from the Dime Bank Building, the scene captures the city’s vibrant early 20th-century energy. This aged and soiled postcard, showing “Goodrich Tire” text, dates from approximately the 1910s-1920s.
Front Text (cleaned):
Looking east from the Dime Bank Building, (Campus Martius), Detroit, Mich.
Goodrich Tire
Back Text (cleaned):
CAMPUS MARTIUS is a public square, located in the center of the business section of Detroit. It was named by Judge Woodward in 1806; the word means military camp.
