Arena Gardens - Artifacts
Arena Gardens
An old flyer circa World War II for the Arena Gardens
A patch from the Arena Gardens Roller Skating Club
A patch from the Arena Gardens Roller Skating Club
An early patch for the Detroit Roller Skating Club
An ad for a Detroit Hockey Club match against a team from London, Ontario, from the Jan. 22, 1917, edition of The Detroit News
An ad for the 1919 Closed Car Salon hosted at the Arena Gardens
An ad for famed Italian coloratura soprano Amelita Galli-Curci's appearance at the Arena Gardens on Nov. 11, 1918
An ad for the first concert held at the Arena Gardens, which was held Sept. 30, 1918
An ad from 1918 for one of Newman's Traveltalks and the Russian ballet dancers Andreas Pavley and Serge Oukrainsky, which was postponed because of the Spanish Flu outbreak until the following year.
An ad for the Arena Gardens during its time as the Cass Woodward Market
An ad announcing the return of dancing to the Arena Gardens
An ad for the Sistine Chapel Choir's performance at the Arena Gardens on Nov. 15, 1923
An an for a circus at the Arena Gardens that featured a 10-foot "dinosaur"
An ad for James Dimmick's Sunnybrook Orchestra at the Arena Gardens in 1926
The Arena Gardens hosted a number of conventions and shows, including this one displaying an automobile that allegedly could run on compressed air.
An ad announcing that the Arena Gardens was opening as a drive-through car wash
An ad for the Arena Gardens when it was being used as a drive-through car wash
An ad listing the Arena Gardens for sale, which ended up with Adam Weismuller buying the building.
An ad for the 1931 Detroit Exposition, held at the Arena Gardens
An ad announcing the Arena Gardens opening for rollerskating, on Nov. 12, 1935