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- Description:
- One business card signed in black ink, "William Clark, June 27/74 [1874]." This card was contained in the lead box time capsule that was removed from the Old City Hall on May 25, 1961.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Card serving as a memento or invitation to the Centennial Anniversary of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott held at the Russell House on August 15, 1871. The card features a lithographed portrait of Scott, the dates, 1771 and 1871, and the handwritten signatures of Secretary [?] Sean, and President R.W. Williams.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson Company trade card with a color image of two birds--both with yellow breasts, brown wings, and red feathers atop the heads--perched facing each other on a branch, on the recto. Text on the verso gives the store's address as 141, 143, and 145 Woodward Avenue, and promotes the store's selection, and prices, and encourages out-of-towners visiting Detroit to come to the store.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One letter, dated April 10, 1869, from the law offices of Gray, Smith & Nims of Muskegon to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit. The letter was handwritten in black ink on white paper that has light blue lines. The letter discussed the settlement of a promissory note from Murray Bros.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Half-folded dinner menu from the Griswold House, dated Sunday, May 14, 1882. The menu is printed on paper with a color lithograph of a woman reaching for an overhead branch on the front cover, and a girl holding a parasol beneath a sunflower on the back cover. The menu lists a soup, fish, broiled item, roast items, cold dishes, entrees, relishes, vegetables, pastries, and desserts. Van Est and Graves are listed as the proprietors.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copy of a lease agreement, dated 8 December 1870, made between Arouet Richmond, Benjamin B. Richmond, and Frederick H. A. Backus of Detroit, parties of the first part and Adolph Freund, Gustavus Kast, and Frederick Ruehle of Detroit, parties of the second part. The agreement is printed in black text on both sides of a bi-fold sheet of white paper. Blank lines have been completed in handwritten black text. The text indicated that the parties of the first part were leasing rooms in a building located at 185 Jefferson Avenue, to the parties of the second part for two years for a total amount of $2000.00. All parties have signed their names at the end of the lease agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "N. North Nay" and "Frank A. Gaylord."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- A letter from Ralph Emery, a clerk working for the Detroit Stove Works, to his father, Robert T. Emery, in Belfast, Maine, dated July 19, 1886. The letter is written on Detroit Stove Works letterhead, which features a lithograph, credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company, depicting the Detroit Stove Works offices in Detroit and Chicago as well as the company's foundry in Hamtramck, Michigan. The letter reads: My dear Father, Yours of the 11th came duly at hand and noted. Everything is going on all right + business is commencing to pick up considerably. Received a letter from Miss [Rocaf?] a few days ago - she writes that Mr. Stone has had the degree of D.D. conferred upon him + that his church in honor of the raise gave him a purse of gold, to pay his expenses [-] Mr. Stone to England but Ms Stone was not able to go. He sailed about July first - Mr. Stone and Miss [Rocaf?] are in Montreal + Violet is in the county - We have had no warm weather to speak of - only a day or two. The nights are so cool that often one has to wear an overcoat. For the next few days suppose the city will be crowded as it is the week of Races at the Detroit Park, which is situated only a short distance above the Works. Today the Avenue is crowded with carriages + the cars are packed full. [-----] are at McLellan's shopping + do there intend to remain all summer. Have they decided on a site for the new Library Building? Please remember me to all enquiring friends. Hoping to hear from you again soon + that you are well. I remain your affec. son, Ralph
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a picture of yellow and white flowers, with "Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1898" at top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." at bottom; back cover has a picture of a yellow and white flowers that is different from the front cover, with "Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1898" at top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white pictures and photographs; Calvert Lithograph Company. Detroit
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- E.J. Dossin Company invoice for $36.16 of merchandise sold to J.T. Wing and Company on June 1, 1923. The invoice is stamped "paid," with the date, June 13, 1923. The invoice features a letterhead with the Dossin logo, and a list of their relishes and other products.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Advertisement for "Cigars - Great Reduction!" offered by the Detroit News Company, 7 West Fort Street, Detroit. The advertisement is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
