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- Description:
- Western Union telegram (Half Rate Message) dated October 20, 1873, from J. W. Lord to T. H. Eaton stating "Mary just started, wrote to Mosely on Wednesday no reply."
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Four panel brochure promoting the Detroit International Exposition and Fair held from September 17th to the 27th of 1889. The recto bears a color Calvert Lithograph Company illustration of Detroit, as viewed from the air above Delray, facing northeast, captioned "All Roads Will Lead to Detroit in September. Why? (see over)." The exposition site, containing the large Main Building, several smaller structures, and two ponds, is at the lower right corner of the image, to the west of Fort Wayne. The Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad; Detroit and Bay City Railroad; Michigan Central Railroad; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway; Wabash Railroad; Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway; Belt Line; and Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway lines are all labeled, as are the communities along the Canadian side of the Detroit River--Walkerville, Windsor, Sandwich, and Mineral Spring. The verso several passages about the importance of Detroit, the expo, the expo's Main Building, music to be provided by Signor C.A. Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band, and attractions including livestock, the Art Gallery, the Floral Palace, the Industrial and Mechanical Halls.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.T. Wing and Company invoice for $7.13 for a Williams throttle valve sold to the E.J. Dossin Company on September 9, 1923. The invoice features a letterhead touting J.T. Wing's compliance with the Child Labor Act, and promoting their "High Speed Graphite Babbitt," and "Detroit star Grinding Wheels."
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill of sale, dated March 17th, 1902, from the Michigan Stove Company, documenting the sale of stove parts to Loveland and Chisholm of Ogdensburg, New York. At the top of the bill are images depicting the Michigan Stove Company's stove works in Detroit, Western Headquarters in Chicago, Buffalo House, and Garland Stoves and Ranges logo.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Receipt from E. V. Roddin & Co. for a gold watch purchased by William R. Soutar on March 2, 1878, in the amount of $93.00. The receipt is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper and shows the letterhead of E. V. Roddin & Co., Jewelers and Silversmiths, of Chicago across the top. The purchased items and costs are listed in handwritten text.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement from the Detroit Stove Works promoting their "Shallow Sugar Kettles". On the recto is an illustration of a five Shallow Sugar Kettles nested atop one another and text reading "We invite attention to the above NEW STYLE of Sugar Kettles; We Make Five Sizes, 10,15,20,25,30 Gallons."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement for "Freund Bro's" concerning "Toys and Fancy Goods suitable for the approaching Holiday Trade". The advertisement is printed in black text on light blue paper and is dated October 20, 1884.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Eight panel folded pamphlet distributed by the Peninsular Cricket Club, and printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company with a series of cartoons of cricket players on the recto, and advertisements for the Michigan Exchange; William Suckert, bookbinder; Thomas Swan, fruit merchant; and the Calvert Lithographing Company. "Drawing by Sid Griffin from suggestion by Charles B. Calvert, captain of club[?]" is handwritten along the top border of the illustrations.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Invitation card to the opening of the Elliott-Taylor-Woolfenden Company's "New and Magnificent Store" at Woodward Avenue and Henry Street on May 5, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One bill of sale from "Edson, Moore and Co., Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods." The bill is printed in black text on yellowed paper and shows an engraved image of the storefront on the letterhead. The bill is dated August 11, 1874, and shows "1 [?] Broad Cloth" which was sold to "Clarkes" for $6.50.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
