Digital Collection
2018.119.016

Print, Photographic

One black and white photograph of a World War I scrap drive at Campus Martius in Detroit. The photo looks southeastward from Campus Martius with Monroe Avenue to the left and Cadillac Square to the right. A large crowd of people is visible in the left foreground with large bins of scrap tires and other materials to the right. A theatre on the Monroe Block corner advertises a movie with early film star, "Theda Bara." The old Wayne County Building is visible in the far right background.

Date
c.1917
Collection
Print Size
8" x 10"
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