This vintage shot of Shiawassee Road was taken around 1900, looking east from Warner Street toward Shiawassee Park. The sledding hill near Our Lady of Sorrows is behind the trees in the back-left corner. The caption on the original photo reads: “A pretty drive near Farmington Mich.”
Historic photo from Farmington: A Pictorial History by Lee Peel. Contemporary photo by Maria Taylor.
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