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- Small ribbon-bound menu and program booklet from the 1916 New Year dinner at the Oriental Cafe. The cover is printed with a gold, red, and green embossed image of a bell enshrouded with ribbons and holly. George G. Poy is listed on the cover as the manager. The interior pages are printed in red and black on green paper. A list of songs, and dances to be performed, under the direction of Archie Dayne, are listed on the first page. A list of dishes comprised of varieties of chopy suey and chow mien, as well as a special dinner menu are listed on the following pages.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Booklet containing the Evening News' carrier's address for New Year's, 1882. The front cover features the title of the publication and an introductory stanza for the address, surrounded by a decorative border. The introductory stanza reads as follows: "Your pardon we crave if presumptuous we seem: But our last year's long labors we hope you may deem Deserving a bonus ; no handsome annuity We ask at your hands: but a modest gratuity! -Your Newsboy.-" The booklet's first seven pages contains the full text of the address, with the eighth page featuring a calendar for the year 1882. The inside of the front cover has an advertisement for the Art Emporium and Artists' Supply Depot, while the back cover has an advertisement for the Mills & Barker furniture store. The booklet is bound by string.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Booklet published by the Evening News, containing a New Years message for 1895, several images of the newspaper's presses, a list of City of Detroit officials, the sheet music for the Evening News March composed by William C.G. Wright, and calendars for the year. The cover features an illustration from the Calvert Lithographing Company of an ink pen, well, and scroll with the text, "60,000 Copies Daily."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Color booklet from The Evening News, The Detroit Tribune, and The Sunday News Tribune, containing a poem, "A Happy New Year," written by Thad. Stevens Barnum. The front cover features a color illustration depicting the start of the new year, with an angelic figure and a background of an evening sky featuring a moon and two owls on the left, and Father Time and a background featuring the sun on the right. Text on the bottom left of the front cover reads "The Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit." The back cover features a color illustration of two boys selling copies of The Evening News with the title "INTRUSION." underneath the illustration in the center. The inside of the booklet contains the seven stanza poem written across four pages. Each page has a background depicting various scenes, including a newspaper salesman, a family sitting in front of a fire, a ballroom dance, and a horse drawn sleigh. The drawings are signed "Jos. Kraemer" on the bottom left.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Booklet published by the Evening News, containing a New Years message for 1895, several images of the newspaper's presses, a list of City of Detroit officials, the sheet music for the Evening News March composed by William C.G. Wright, and calendars for the year. The cover features an illustration from the Calvert Lithographing Company of an ink pen, well, and scroll with the text, "60,000 Copies Daily."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
