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- Description:
- Abstract of Title prepared by the Guaranty and Abstract Department of the Union Trust Company concerning "Fyfe, Barbour and Warren's Subdivision of that Part of Private Claim 260 Lying between Horatio Street and Warren Avenue." The proposed subdivision is bounded by Horatio Street on the south, Campbell Avenue on the west, Warren Avenue on the north, and 32nd Street on the east. The document package consists of 20 pages of printed text which trace the chain of land ownership from Elijah Brush who recorded a claim at the Land Office in Detroit in 1808. The abstract traces the property ownership through the 1800's to various persons including the heirs of Elijah Brush. The property was sold in 1896 by the trustees of the estate of Edmund A. Brush for $24,000 to Richard H. Fyfe. A map of the proposed subdivision is included. The pages are bound at the top with a green ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- One poster entitled "The Lime Kiln Club." The poster shows a color caricature drawing of a group of African American men who are seated in a large meeting room which has the name, "Paradise Hall," shown on a sign over the door. Two men are standing in front of the group near the left side of the drawing and appear to be speaking. Another man is seated near the lower left corner and appears to be the recording secretary. A copy of "The Weekly Detroit Free Press" newspaper is resting on the floor in the foreground. Printed text beneath the title along the lower left edge shows "Copyrighted by Calvert Lith. Co., Detroit, 1882."
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Small hardcover roster book for the Harmonie club for the 1908-1909 season Within its 28 pages are a brief calendar of club events printed in both English and German, and an alphabetized list of club members. The book is bound in a blue cover with the title printed in gold.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Program for the 118th reunion banquet for the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, Mayflower Class held at the Masonic Temple on May 29, 1913. Within is a portrait of commander-in-chief William Van Sickle, a list of officers, the menu, a list of members of the Mayflower Class, and the lyrics to "Michigan, My Michigan," and "Our Native Land."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- One American Automobile Association (AAA) poster with the message, "Skate on Sidewalk." The poster has a purple and yellow drawing of a cat, dog, spoon, and a plate on a white background which shows them roller-skating on a sidewalk. The safety poster was intended to remind young children to skate on the sidewalk rather than on the roadway. Additional printed text at the bottom center area of the poster shows "Favorite Fable Series. Hey-Diddle-Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle. Can You Give Three Reasons for Always Skating on the Sidewalk?" and "Prepared for the Automobile Club of Michigan, AAA." Small printed text at the lower left corner shows "S. S. P. No. 109, Copyright 1939, American Automobile Association, Safety & Traffic Engineering Dept." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Accidents Are Avoidable, Alertness Avoids Accidents."
- Date Issued:
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- December 1920, issue of the Detroit Masonic News featuring an illustration of a pen writing out a check with the caption, "New Working Tool of Detroit Master Masons," surrounded with an elaborate green border filled with masonic symbols and a scrollwork design. Within its 56 pages are articles concerning the ground breaking for the new Masonic Temple, plans to build a statue of Robert Burns in Cass Park, as well as news of the various lodges and orders in Detroit. Numerous advertisements for local businesses are peppered throughout.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Booklet published on the occasion of the eighty second anniversary of the Detroit News and the opening of the new Detroit Free Press building, designed by Albert Kahn, in 1913. The front cover features an embossed image of a man with a quill writing on a scroll with a city skyline behind him and the words "A Record of Progress." The words "Eight-Two Years a Newspaper" are embossed in gold underneath the image, and text reading "The Detroit Free Press 1913" is located on the bottom left. The inside of the booklet features 32 pages recounting, as indicated by the first page, "A Short Story of Eighty-Two Years of the greatest daily Newspaper of the Middle West commemorating the Opening of the New Home of The Detroit Free Press." The booklet also features numerous black and white photographs of the interior rooms of the building and portrait depictions of the Executive Staff and the Editorial Staff. The center of the booklet features a two page spread of a hand-colored photograph of the Counting Room. The copyright statement on the last page reads "Designed and Executed Complete by The Franklin Press Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Program for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Detroit Woman's Club held on October 31, 1898. The program consists of four small square cards bound together with a yellow ribbon at the upper left corner. In addition to the night's events, the program lists the club's officers, and members, and is peppered with quotes from poets. The cards are printed in blue and silver on white.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- One map entitled "Sketch of the Public Surveys in Michigan." The map is printed in black ink on white paper and shows the principal meridian and base line for the public land survey of the state along with township boundaries as well as township and range numbers. Printed text beneath the "Explanations" section on the lower left side of the map shows "Surveyor General's Office, Detroit, November 5, 1849. Lucius Lyon, Sur'r Gen'l." and "Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Balto."
- Date Issued:
- 1849-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Color print of a pastel drawing of an editorial room at the Detroit News offices in the 1800s. The image is signed on the bottom left with the initials "JSB."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
