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Parked Automobiles and Hudson's Rooftop Sign from YMCA (Circa 1925)

An elevated night streetscape showing parked vintage automobiles lining Grand Circus Park, glowing storefronts for Truscon, and the distant illuminated rooftop sign for Hudson's. — Parked Automobiles and Hudson's Rooftop Sign from YMCA (Circa 1925) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Looking south from the Detroit Downtown YMCA in 1925, Donald A. Hall Sr. framed Grand Circus Park's parked 1920s motorcars, wet streetcar tracks, and the distant rooftop beacon of the flagship J.L. Hudson department store on Woodward Avenue.