Shrine of the Little Flower, Detroit, MI, circa 1926
- Card type
- Real photo
About this postcard
The Shrine of the Little Flower, a small stone church with a steep roof, dormer windows, and an arched entrance, sits behind a lawn and flower beds at Woodward Avenue and Twelve Mile Road. The caption gives a Detroit address, but the corner is in Royal Oak, several miles north of the city limits, along the Woodward corridor that was filling in as a suburb in the 1920s. The parish was organized in 1926, the year its priest, Father Charles Coughlin, began radio broadcasts. His broadcasts soon brought a national audience to a congregation that had started with a modest church like this one. A larger church replaced the building in the 1930s.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | The Grogan Photo Service |
|---|---|
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Woodward & Twelve Mile Rd., Shrine of the Little Flower, Detroit, MI |
| Publisher | Chicago, IL |
| Notes | Black-and-white photograph; printed caption in negative reading "SHRINE OF THE LITTLE FLOWER / WOODWARD & TWELVE MILE RD. DETROIT"; no white border visible. No postmark. Real-photo postcard with undivided back (printed "Post Card" heading and "PLACE STAMP HERE" box); printed imprint "THIS IS A GENUINE PHOTOGRAPH MADE BY THE GROGAN PHOTO SERVICE—TROY AT 21ST ST., CHICAGO, ILL." Dealer mark "2— / RMLJ" on the back (inventory mark, not correspondence). No stamp, no address, no message. Light soiling/toning on cream stock. |
Cite this card
Shrine of the Little Flower, Detroit, MI, circa 1926, postcard, c. 1926. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/shrine-of-the-little-flower-detroit-mi-circa-1926. Accessed November 2, 2026.