One page of magazine article titled "DETROIT" that has great city sketches by Charles W. Simpson, R.C.A.  Text was by Gladys H. Kelsey.  I don't have entire article and therefore don't know how many pages it was or if it had more sketches.  The small amount of text on this page states that Detroit is the 4th largest city in the United States.  Hard-to-believe, but in the 2012 census, it is now the 18th largest city.  Detroit's fall from grace is really tragic when you consider what it was at the height of the car boom and industrial movement.

This page was one of hundreds that I purchased at a recent local auction of a long-time paper and book collector.  He had obviously saved this page because of the sketches on the page.  This is the original page 19-20 from LADIES HOME JOURNAL, November, 1929.

I enjoy the detail of the sketches, showing the once grand look of parts of Detroit.  We all know what has happened there, and I can only imagine what these areas look like today, and if many of the buildings exist.   The one sketch shows an unfinished "Ambassador" bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Canada.  I was in Detroit and Windsor in the 80's, so I'm sure this is the bridge that got me to Windsor.  A December article I saw at an internet site stated that they want to build a new bridge to replace the 84 year old Ambassador, but due to Detroit's money woes, that doesn't look to be in the near future.

The page was trimmed down to eliminate the rough edges.  It now measures 10" x 13".  The reverse side of the page has an unrelated drawing and part of an article.

I will place the page in a plastic sleeve and secure between two pieces of white foam core for mailing by USPS First Class in a bubble envelope.

Following is a little information on this artist:

Charles Walter Simpson RCA (1878 – 1942)

A well-known Canadian painter, prolific illustrator, draftsman, muralist, printmaker and war artist, Charles Walter Simpson was born in Montreal, Quebec and, aside from travel, lived his whole life there and died there. In the early decades of the twentieth century he was grouped among the most prominent of contemporary Canadian artists, his work is discussed and illustrated in most Canadian art history books.