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- Description:
- Mounted, sepia-toned photographic print of the horse-drawn fire engine, Engine No. 8, with three firefighters and hitched three horses in front of a firehouse. Matting is a heavy cardstock with four black lines enclosing the photo and "Engine 8" in a blackletter script beneath it.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photographic print of a group of nine firefighters of Chemical Company No. 6 posing with their horse-drawn fire engine in front of their fire house at Elmwood and Fort Street. The foremost driver is Martin Cooney, who would later become superintendent of horses.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white photo of two firemen who are seated on a small wagon that is being drawn by three horses. Several brick and wood frame residential houses are visible in the background. Handwriting on the verso shows "D.F.D. approx. 1902. Eng. 9 exercise wagon shown with the steamer horses. If a fire company had no runs within a 24 hour period, the horses were exercised in local streets near the station houses. In the event of a fire, they would be notified to return to the station by ringing the tower bell."
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white print negative depicting a harness race. A pair of horses, each pulling a driver in a sulky race from the left edge of the frame. The announcer's booth, bearing the date July 17, 1888 is in the center of the frame. A row of spectators is at the bottom of the frame. More spectators, some with carriages and horses are on the opposite side of the track, around and in front of the booth. Edge of source image is printed into this negative reprograph.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Two sepia-toned photographic prints mounted to opposite sides of heavy cardstock. The image on the recto shows a horse-drawn fire engine crossing an intersection. A heavily treed area, likely Grand Circus Park, is visible in the background. The base of a moonlight tower is at the right. A boy peers toward the camera while stepping into the street in the foreground on the right. The picture on the verso depicts a man in a bowler hat and sport coat standing atop a bridge across a canal. A large building and several trees are visible across the canal in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Bill Brinen sitting in a horse-drawn buckboard wagon on a dock. The photographed is captioned "The Gay Nineties." There is a tramway in the background at left and a log boom at right background. Stamped on the bottom of the image is "New Year's Greetings." Photograph was released circa 1940s.
- Date Created:
- 1949-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Lakeshore Museum Center
- Collection:
- W.J. Brinen Lumber Co. Collection
- Description:
- A large load of logs on a horse-drawn sleigh, circa 1887. Location unknown. Photograph by F. Jacobi. Produced by the W.J. Brinen Lumber Company, February 1, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Lakeshore Museum Center
- Collection:
- W.J. Brinen Lumber Co. Collection
- Description:
- Muskegon Fire Department Hose Company No. 2 on Webster Avenue and Seventh Street in the 1880s. Originally named the C.H. Hackley No. 2 Volunteers and C.H. Hackley No. 2 Hose Company. Driver John Ellens is sitting on a horse drawn hose cart. The horses are Billy and Jim. Standing Left to right is Captain Alec Ferguson, Peter Didier, James McCullom, John DeGilleke, and Charles Harting or John Didier. Produced by the W.J. Brinen Lumber Company, May 1, 1945.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Lakeshore Museum Center
- Collection:
- W.J. Brinen Lumber Co. Collection
- Description:
- A leather photograph album embroidered with Continental Motor MFG. Co. on the cover containing fifty-nine photographs of the construction of the Detroit, Michigan plant, 1911-1912.There is a mixture of 8x10 and tri-folded images. The photographs are taken by Manning Brothers, Commercial Photographers, 22-24 Witherall St., Detroit, Michigan. 1) July 21, 1911, men working in field2) July 21, field with factory in backdrop3) August 1, 1911, men with horses, trailers, and plough in field4) August 9, 1911, men mixing cement5) August 16, 1911, men at work in the field among broken rock6) August 24, 1911, men in hats and ties at site which is torn up dirt7) August 30, 1911, supports standing8) September 5, 1911, men standing on planks9) September 6, 1911, progress on foundation10) September 6, 1911, lumber stacked up against a long wall11) September 14, 1911, construction12) September 22, 1911, construction13) September 22, 1911, working on brick tower14) September 22, 1911, crane lifting support beams onto structure15) September 28, 1911, construction16) October 4, 1911, crane lifting beam with man on it 17) October 12, 1911, working on second floor18) October 20, 1911, working on first floor19) October 20, 1911, birds-eye view of construction site, St. Clair Park, Detroit River, factories, and houses20) October, 1911, birds-eye view of f construction site, St. Clair Park, Detroit River, and houses21) October 26, 1911, construction22) October 26, 1911, two men standing inside a partially built structure23) November 3, 1911, working on ground level and top of second floor24) November 9, 1911, Continental smokestack and steel structure 25) November 29, 1911, progress of brick work and windows26) November 29, 1911, Continental smokestack and steel structure partially bricked27) December 19, 1911, men working on brickwork191228) January 1, 1912, construction progress 29) January 30, 1912, windows in place and grounds and buildings covered with snow30) March 11, 1912, view inside a building31) March, 1912, view inside building showing machinery32) March 11, 1912, Continental smokestack and completed brick structure33) March 11, 1912 view inside a building34) March 11, 1912, view inside a building35) March 11, 1912, progress of brick work and windows36) March 1912, corner view of building in progress37) March 11, 1912, Continental smokestack and building with a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway boxcar38) March 11, 1912, Continental smokestack and building39) March 11, 1912, view inside a building40) March 11, 1912, view inside a building41) March 11, 1912, view inside a building42) March 1912, vehicles driving on a flooded E. Jefferson Avenue with a Continental Motor Mfg. Co. sign at left43) March 1912, vehicles driving on a flooded E. Jefferson Avenue with a Continental Motor Mfg. Co. sign at right44) March 21, 1912, people and two horse and carts on a flooded E. Jefferson Avenue in front of the Continental Motor Mfg. Co. plant45) April 2, 1912, view inside a building46) April 2, 1912, view inside a building47) April 2, 1912, view inside a building48) April 2, 1912, view inside a building49) May 14, 1912, exterior of the plant is completed 50) May 14, 1912, view of completed site, view from corner51) May 14,1912, view of completed site, view from corner52) May 1912, view inside a building53) May 1912, view inside a building of offices and some machinery in the background54) May 1912, view inside a building55) May 1912, view of machinery inside a building56) 1912, view inside building showing machinery57) May 1912, view of completed site, view from corner58) May 1912, view of completed plant from E. Jefferson Avenue with sign59) May 1912, view of completed plant with sign
- Date Created:
- 1912-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Lakeshore Museum Center
- Collection:
- Teledyne Continental Motors
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of a team of three Detroit Fire Department horses fully bridled and pulling an engine, as part of the ceremonial final run of a horse-drawn Detroit Fire Department apparatus on April 10, 1922 on Woodward Avenue. Two men are seen faintly in the distance driving the team. On verso it is noted, "For Hon. H.C. Murphy, from the late Augusta D. von Schrader, Last Run of the Fire Horses."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
