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- Color postcard depicting women's clothing on display at Elliott-Taylor-Woolfenden Co. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 27, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a wrap-around counter in H.J. Boerth's Quick Lunch, with men seated on stools and women working behind the counter. A cash register is in the foreground. Printed on verso: This Card Shows Boerth's Quick Lunch, located at 108 Woodward Ave., on the main floor, which is one of the finest and most up-to-date Quick Lunch Counters west of New York City. The annex in basement consists of a cafeteria with five private dining rooms in connection. One-minute service, cleanliness, sanitary cooking, fine quality of food, and popular prices, make it especially attractive. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Oct 4, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting inside Sanders' Palace of Sweets, with a man behind a counter. A sign reads "Our 25¢ Candies". Printed on verso: Sanders' Palace of Sweets, 141-143 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., located in the heart of the shopping district, is not only known as the most beautiful store of its kind in the world but as the distinction of being the first to originate Ice Cream Soda, now one of America's most popular soft drinks. Sanders' celebrated confections have a reputation second to none. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 7, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the waiting room in the Michigan Central Station, filled with carved wood benches. Printed on verso: Waiting Room in Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich. The New Michigan Central Station is located near Michigan Avenue, between fifteenth and seventeenth Streets, covers twenty-one acres and the total cost is $15,000,000.00. There will be eleven tracks in the station that will accommodate 135 passenger coaches. It will have all conveniences, such as a complete Drug Store with special facilities for the care of Invalids and Change Room where travelers can at nominal cost obtain Shower Baths and make a change of clothing. Accommodations for passengers will not be outdone by any Railroad Station in the World. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 2, 1923.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the interior of the Log Cabin in Palmer Park, with table, chairs, piano, and fireplace in view. Printed on verso: Log Cabin, Palmer Park. - Built on land donated to the city by Ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer in 1893, and is situated north of the city at the extreme terminal of the Woodward Avenue car line, is one of the city's favorite breathing spots. Its center piece is a log cabin which is an exact reproduction of the home in which Senator Palmer resided when Detroit was little more than a trading post. Postmarked Sep 4, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a view along the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. Printed on verso: Interior of Detroit River Tunnel, Detroit, Mich. The Detroit River Tunnel was built for the M. C. R. R. at a cost of $8,500,000. It is 1 3/8 miles in length. Construction was started in July 1906 and completed July 1, 1910. Electricity, the third rail system, furnishes the motive power for the engines. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Feb 16, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the interior of the Conservatory on Belle Isle, with many plants and flowers. Printed on verso: Horticultural Building, Belle Isle. - Detroit's principal recreation spot is an island in the Detroit river connecting with the city by a bridge, 8 feet less than half a mile in length. It comprises 702 acres, is over two miles long and boasts over 20 miles of fine macadam roadway. A fine zoo, aquarium, horticultural building, swimming and skating pavilions, casino and boat livery are in connection. The city has expended over $1,500,000 on it since its purchase in 1879. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the interior of the Aquarium on Belle Isle lined with tanks of fish. A plant hangs from the ceiling in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 20, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color Postcard depicting the lobby of the Griswold Hotel with several guests and clerks visible. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jun 16, 1914.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the interior of a Hammond Standish & Co. beef cooler. Several men are looking at the hanging carcasses, some of which have wreaths attached. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 14, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
