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The Soldiers and Sailors Monument brand-new in 1872. The original Old City Hall is to the right.
The monument and Cadillac Square in 1890. Behind it are the Central Market Building, left, and the Russell House hotel.
Campus Martius as seen in 1926 with the Ponchartrain Hotel, the Hammond Building, Old City Hall and the Dime Building.
The monument and old City Hall about 1940
The monument looking dirty in 1944. Behind it are Old City Hall and the towering Dime Building.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument, in the background) stands in front of the city's first City Hall.
The monument during a Grand Army of the Republic parade in 1891. The building with the bunting is the Central Market Building.
The monument in 1930
A parade in the 1940s. The Opera House in the back left is where Compuware stands today.
A worker gives one of the statues a scrub in 1946.
The monument with the Russell House about 1880. The Russell was a popular hotel that was replaced by the Pontchartrain Hotel.
Cadillac Square in 1914 with the Old Wayne County Building in the distance.
The monument buried by a 1932 snowstorm
The monument and a Labor Day parade in the 1940s
The monument with the since-razed Cadillac Square Building. The tower was known as the Real Estate Exchange Building at first.
Campus Martius looked pretty empty in 1885. This photo shows on downtown grew up around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
The monument and Old City Hall on a cold, snowy winter day about 1920.
The statues get some company on their pedestals during a 1940s parade.
The Armistice Day Parade marches past the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in 1941.
The Soldiers and Sailors in 1958. Old City Hall is to the left; the Majestic Building is to the right.
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