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- One order form from Michigan Stove Company to T. Eaton & Son, dated November 4, 1880. The pre-printed form is printed in black text on white paper and is perforated on 3 edges. The handwritten order No. 22 requests "1 bbl [barrel] Pulverized Pumice Stone."
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Liberty Bell-shaped thread-bound menu and program booklet from the Griswold House, dated Monday, July 4, 1904. The menu lists musical selections and dances to be performed as well as meal options. Several of the things listed are themed around the holiday including Bunker Hill Punch, Philadelphia Squab, Independence Pudding, Columbia Sauce, Liberty Bells, Old Glory Ice Cream, and American Cheese.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One announcement for a "Musical Programme" and the "Annual Opening of High Class Furs" by Reuben R. Robinson of Curwensville, Pennsylvania, dated November 22, 1917. The program includes Mr. Martens of the George P. Yost Fur Company of Detroit. The announcement is printed in black text on white paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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, mounted on red matting. The exposed face 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 Michigan Farmer, Published by Gibbons Bros., Detroit, Mich." is stamped in the upper left corner of the print.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One business card. The card is printed in black ink on heavy white paper and advertises "E. T. Barnum, Manufacturer of Brass and Iron Wire Cloth, Wire Counter Railing and Fencing, Weather Vanes, Bolting Cloths, Fountains, Wire and Ornamental Wire Work. Nos. 118 and 120 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich." The verso shows a drawing of wire cloth. 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:
- Invoice for $9.57 from Grinnell Bros. to the Orpheus Club in care of Mr. Richardson, dated December 26, 1903. The invoice form is printed in black text with blue and red lines on slightly yellowed paper. Purchased items are handwritten on the printed blue and red lines. The invoice is stamped "PAID."
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1893 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by John Bornman and Sons, with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has a picture of small pink flowers along left and top side from a vase at the bottom left, with a second smaller, round vase next to it; background is blue at the tope and bottom, with tan bordered by yellow in the middle; "Seed Annual 1893" in middle, with D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich. along bottom; back cover has same background, with green lima beans hanging from vines and the caption "Horticulutral Lima Bean, Actual Size"; D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants, Detroit, Mich. at bottom; descriptions and prices of seeds and farming tools inside with black and white pictures and drawings throughout and two color pages near beginning; order form attached with envelope
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company shipping confirmation form sent to D.E. Conrad of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1894 stating that a box of garden seeds has been sent care of A.B. Ashton. The form states that freight has been paid for the Detroit to Pittsburgh leg, but local railroad charges will be the responsibility of the buyer.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 75 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 7 licenses granted to William H Tefft & Co. to carry on the business of a wholesale dealer and manufacturer at no. 44 Woodward Ave. (William H. Tefft was also one of the founding partners of the Detroit Stove Works which was incorporated in 1866): a. License no. 180; valid from September 30, 1862, to September 31, 1863; to W. H. Tefft & Co., wholesale dealers and manufacturers. b. License no. 758; valid from May 1, 1864, to May 1, 1865; to W. H. Tefft & Co., wholesale dealers and manufacturers. c. License no. 2145; valid from May 1, 1865, to May 1, 1866; to Detroit Stove Works, manufacturers. d. License no. 2249; valid from May 1, 1865, to May 1, 1866; to W. H. Tefft, wholesale dealer. e. License no. 2250; valid from May 1, 1865, to May 1, 1866; to W. H. Tefft, manufacturer. f. License no. 4469; valid from September, 1863, to May 1, 1864; to W. H. Tefft & Co., wholesale dealer and manufacturer. g. License no. __; valid from May 1, 1866, to May 1, 1867; to W. H. Tefft & Co., wholesale dealer and manufacturer.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
