Photo Gallery - Pre 1950s

Denise and Juliette DePorre, 1686 Anita, spring 1932. In the background is Goethe, Hawthorne, Hollywood - between Goethe and Marter.

With little fanfare in March of 1939, the grand old name of Lochmoor gave way to one that would associate the community more closely with its neighbors. The name was Grosse Pointe Woods.

One of the first institutions to be affected was the community's baseball team. The 1939 team took the field proudly wearing attractive new uniforms emblazoned with triangular emblems announcing their new name "GPW"! They played in a league made up of teams from each of the Pointes of which there were now five.

Kittens in Wagon, 1698 Hollywood, c. 1928. "Auto Wheel Coaster" wagon with handbrake

Popcorn Wagon - 1936-1937
Mack and Vernier
(The southeast corner, where the Parcells bulletin board is located).Teenagers Bill Schmidt and Don Fisher were the owners of this depression era enterprise. Their friends, including Bruce Bockstanz and Lester Dallas, were the curbside salesman. They would deliver "Freshly Popped Popcorn" and "Good Humors" directly to the car windows.

On the left, beyond the stop sign and the trees, are buildings of the Bakeman Farm. The farm was on the northeast corner. It survived as an active farm until the 1950's.