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Woodward Avenue: A True Original Marker — lower right images
Photographer: Top: Photo courtesy of Paul Seeley. Bottom: Image courtesy of Oakland County.
Caption: Woodward Avenue: A True Original Marker — lower right images
Additional Description: Top: Thaddeus De Witt Seeley, Oakland County realtor and investor, mayor of Pontiac in the 1920s, and member of the Michigan legislature. Bottom: On behalf of Michigan's governor, Thaddeus DeWitt Seeley of Pontiac assembled property along Woodward Avenue in the 1920s to widen the roadway to accommodate increasing automobile traffic and community growth between Detroit and Pontiac. The result in 1923 was the nation's first "super highway", eight lanes divided by a 50-foot median from Six Mile Road to Pontiac.
Submitted: October 25, 2023, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p756395
File Size: 2.870 Megabytes

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