The Shubert-Lafayette in its days as the Orpheum. The 1912-built Detroit Free Press Building is at left.

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

The Shubert-Lafayette in June 1953.

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.

The Shubert-Lafayette in 1936, its days as the Orpheum.

Photo from the Detroit News archives.

The Shubert in 1963 - a year before it was demolished.

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.