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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Water Works Park, with the tower, pumping station, and drinking fountain in view and water in the foreground. Printed on verso: Lake at Gladwin Park, Detroit, Mich. Gladwin Park is located out Jefferson Avenue and consists of 75 acres of fine floral display and Lakes. It is a source of Detroit's water supply. The pumping station is located here and pumps 73 million gallons of water daily. It is reached by Jefferson Avenue cars going east. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 25, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the floral clock in Water Works Park, with a smokestack in the background. Printed on verso: Floral Clock, Water Works Park. The 72-acre plot of ground on Jefferson Avenue, owned by the city and partially occupied by its waterworks pumping station has been made one of Detroit's beauty spots. The water supply is pumped through a long tunnel from Lake St. Clair to the distributing point. The park is remarkable for its big floral clock and the memorial at the entrance. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 11, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Hurlbut Memorial Gate from Water Works Park, with a road leading to the gate in the foreground and pedestrians visible.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One sheet, mounted on paper, from the Michigan Volksblatt from 1903, featuring a halftone print of the Detroit Water Works Park Tower, which was located at East Jefferson Avenue and Cadillac Boulevard. The image shows the tower, or standpipe, with a water works facility to the left. In the foreground is a pond surrounded by trees. The image is outlined by a decorative chain link border.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a fountain in a pond at Water Works Park, with the tower in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 19, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the floral clock in Water Works Park. Printed on verso: Floral Clock at Gladwin Park, Detroit, Mich. This Floral Clock is located at Gladwin Park, which contains 75 acres. Here also is found the water pumping station where seventy three million gallons of water are pumped daily for Detroit's supply. The Clock is run by water power. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 4, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the stone drinking fountains in Water Works Park, with water in the foreground.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the floral clock in Water Works Park reading "Standard Time", with the tower in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Hurlbut Memorial Gate at Water Works Park. Postmarked Feb 13, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Floral Flag, Gladwin [Water Works] Park, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color image of a large American floral flag in the foreground with trees, lawn areas, and a small bridge in the background. Printed text on the verso shows give details about the park.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
