Print, Photographic

Black and white photo taken along the empty streetcar rails along Woodward Avenue, south from Grand Circus Park, during the strike by Department of Street Railway workers on April 21, 1951. Cars and pedestrians are on the streets and sidewalks. The David Whitney Buildings stands on the right. The David Broderick Tower is on the left. The buildings of Merchant's Row line Woodward straight ahead.
A label affixed to the verso reads:

Associated Press Photo
From Detroit
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Transportation strike denudes city of street cars. This mid-afternoon scene along Woodward Ave., Detroit's busiest thoroughfare, shows the results of a strike by Detroit Street Railway employees April 21. Only a small number of private cars and taxicabs can be seen on the avenue, usually crowded with street cars and buses.
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April 26, 1951