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Set of 4 photos of downtown Detroit by talented amateur French photographer
Fisher building looking down street
Detroit Mich. We see here one that I am proud of and one of the best I’ve done up to now. In the background is the Fisher building where I work on of the marvel of construction covered in grey –marble up to the 2nd floor and white to the top. This street passes in front of my home I can see the building from the house, we don’t see the confectionary shop, it’s on another side.,
Fisher building in distance.
Sign 'MAIN RETAIL STORE PONTI…'
Detroit Mich Second Blvd Fisher Bldg Sunday Oct 27 1929
I wrote this before but it does not matter. Sunday means “Dimanche”. They’ve ripped a – on the sidewalk….
Eaton Tower
Detroit Mich The Eaton tower. Taken a few minutes after the other one. The top of the --- is bright because it was still lit sufficiently while at the bottom , of the photo…it’s like they say a ne*** fight, at night, under a tunnel,
Paramount Cinema and surrounding buildings
Signs 'PARAMOUNT' , '...Theater TALKING PICTURES', 'PARAMOUNT Gold Diggers', 'CHEVROLET'...
Detroit Mich’. If someone tells you the one can’t take photos without sunlight tell him without hesitating they are wrong. for this one was taken at 6 1/4 the night of last November 3rd ( the – indicates otherwise) not necessary to tell you that the ay was already falling. The Paramount Cinema lights are even lit u. It’s obviously most amazing but under the circumstances as well it was a test I was making
Printed with nice framing paper.
5 x 3 ¼”
The Fisher Building is a landmark skyscraper located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, and is designed in an Art Deco style, faced with limestone, granite, and several types of marble. The Fisher family financed the building with proceeds from the sale of Fisher Body to General Motors.
Original construction of the Eaton Tower began in 1926, and was completed in 1928. The tower was the second tallest building in Michigan when it was originally completed in 1928. It stands 34-stories, with two basement floors. The building is designed with Neo-classical architecture, Chicago school, and Beaux-Arts designs. Limestone is a prominent material in the building's surface. It was designed by architects Louis Kamper and Paul Kamper for Theodore Eaton.
WIKIPEDIA
The Capitol Theatre was considered Detroit’s first official movie palace, and when it opened January 12, 1922, it sat about 3,500, the fifth largest ever built in the US at the time.
Its architect, C. Howard Crane, designed the Capitol Theatre in the style of the Italian Renaissance, and its facade, with its soaring Corinthian columns, loomed over Broadway like a royal palace. Its interior was even more ornate, with several kinds of marble, Tiffany mosaics, sculpture and gilt decorating its lobby and other areas. The Capitol Theatre is said to have cost over $2 million to build.
The theatre’s name was changed to the Paramount Theatre on August 30, 1929, when it was taken over by the Paramount-Publix chain, and featured live stage shows and vaudeville acts. Stars who appeared on the Paramount Theatre’s stage in those days included W.C. Fields, Fatty Arbuckle, and Guy Lombardo and his Orchestra.
https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2033
