Jeffdunncom Member Username: Jeffdunncom
Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 8:50 am: | |
I thought this forum might like to see some of these old Detroit photos. These were from my great aunt's collection of glass-mounted slides. Most are from the early fifties. Enjoy. http://www.jeffdunn.net/mabel/ Detroit/index.htm |
Oakmangirl Member Username: Oakmangirl
Post Number: 45 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 8:55 am: | |
Thanks for the morning boost! It's great to see "home" pics of Detroit, and the shots of Olde City Hall are great. |
Rickinatlanta Member Username: Rickinatlanta
Post Number: 102 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 9:09 am: | |
Great photos! Wish you had more. Thanks for sharing. |
Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove
Post Number: 563 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 10:57 am: | |
The Detroit Zoo "Tractor Train" photo? Did this augment the train on tracks that's been at the Zoo almost since it opened. The present streamlined locomotives replaced earlier unstreamlined steamers (actually powered by an automobile engine)sometime in the 1940's. Is the Zoo Train back operating now? Bob Cosgrove |
Jeffdunncom Member Username: Jeffdunncom
Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 11:56 am: | |
I'm going to assume that they did augment the locomotives. Here is a short zoo train history link: http://www.detroitzoo.org/dzs/ 2006/jul06/railroading.html |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 1799 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 1:20 pm: | |
Beautiful shots of old City Hall. What a shame that they tore it down, although I heard that structurally it was a mess. |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 1627 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 3:06 pm: | |
Bob, Yes, the zoo train is running, and in good health. Interesting that the "tractor" locomotive in Jeff's slide is made from Dodge truck body parts and custom fabricated sheet metal. The Zoo train locos running now were built by Briggs mfg. (Walter O. Briggs was a big supporter of the zoo and the main organizer in the development of the Royal Oak zoo property in 1927-'28) and restored by Chrysler employees in the early 90's. Someday it would be cool to restore the steam-style loco that is rusting near the front zoo station. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 3948 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 1:05 am: | |
Great Shots of old City Hall! Imagine if Louis Mirihani had held office for as long as Coleman Young; downtown would be filled with hideous boxy Stalinist Architecture! |
Scottr Member Username: Scottr
Post Number: 706 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 1:12 am: | |
thanks for the great pics, and welcome to the forum! love the pics of old city hall especially. |
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 219 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 12:35 pm: | |
Gorgeous pics, pal! Granted, it was a special event, but did anyone notice how clean downtown was? I wonder how many more of such photos are hidden in Aunt Mae`s hatbox up in someones attic somewhere. Come on, bloodhounds, we need proof that the D was, and once again can be a place to be proud of and IS worth the effort. The old City Hall was awesome. What a shame that it had to go down. |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 712 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 1:42 pm: | |
I really enjoyed the pics. Thank you |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 244 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 2:07 pm: | |
Pictures are amazing clear for such old slides! Thanks for sharing them. |
Waxx Member Username: Waxx
Post Number: 246 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 2:27 pm: | |
Sweet pix, Jeff. Didja post these on flickr.com? |
Jeffdunncom Member Username: Jeffdunncom
Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 3:42 pm: | |
re: flickr.com - No....but good idea! I will do that when I get a chance. These slides were all well protected under glass and in storage cases. All I had to do was remove the film from the glass, clean where needed and scan. I did some touch up in a photo editor, but not a lot. There are some other family/neighborhood (Detroit) photos that might be of interest at: http://www.jeffdunn.net/mabel/ Dunn/index.htm I just LOVE this one: http://www.jeffdunn.net/mabel/ Dunn/pages/ElsieMabelEdna_1953 _jpg.htm Apparently, no one EVER smiled for their picture back when. Thanks for all the feedback! Jeff |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3452 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 3:57 pm: | |
I like that style of fence in the background. I rarely see those anymore. I suppose if they weren't maintained they were probably replaced with cyclone fencing. I love the backyard brick barbeque too. They were outlawed in my community; a few neighbors still have them but they've fallen into disrepair. |
Quinn Member Username: Quinn
Post Number: 1442 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 4:02 pm: | |
Haha...that reminds me. My grandmother who grew up in metro Detroit used to tell me (in the 80's when she was in her mid 70's) that you shouldn't smile in a photograph because it would look like you have a mouthful of teeth. Geesh... |
Carolcb Member Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 1337 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 4:12 pm: | |
Thanks for sharing, they were great. |
Waz Member Username: Waz
Post Number: 160 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 4:27 pm: | |
You don't see names like Elsie, Mabel and Edna around anymore either |
Norwalk Member Username: Norwalk
Post Number: 118 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 5:00 pm: | |
The picture from Washington Blvd. It looks like a 1951 Packard between the Pedestrians |
Lmr Member Username: Lmr
Post Number: 94 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 6:12 pm: | |
In the days before the current wave of modern dentistry, a lot of adults had rather bad looking teeth, possibly including any number of missing teeth. That is one reason why smiling wasn't expected as much in old pictures. My parents and grandparents didn't smile in pictures and they all had bad teeth, largely due to a lack of modern preventive dentistry. |
Soomka1 Member Username: Soomka1
Post Number: 32 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 11:20 pm: | |
Another great thing about those old green wooden fence posts with the fence tacked on was all of the secret passages in yards. When we were five or six, we had sections of fence that we could pull back to cut through yards to get to our friend's backyard. We weren't allowed to go in the alley alone, or hang out in front alone, so this way we could go find someone to play with without breaking the rules. |