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- Description:
- Dinner menu card from the Hotel Pontchartrain dated, Thursday, February 14, 1918. The recto lists meal options under the headers, "Oysters," "Hors d'oeuvres," "Soups," "Fish," "Special Selections," "Vegetables," "Salads," "Desserts," "Ice Cream," "Fruit," "Cheese," and "Coffee." Wartime meal stipulations are printed across the top, along with the War Savings Stamp logo: The United States Food Administration has decreed one meatless meal and one wheatless meal every day, also the use of no Beef, Lamb, Mutton, Veal, or Pork on Tuesday, no White Wheat Flour, on Monday and Wednesday and no Pork of any description on Saturday. Breakfast is hereby designated as the meatless meal and Dinner as the wheatless meal. The verso is printed with an image of a flag and a passage discussing the Hotel Pontchartrain's involvement in the United States Food Administration's conservation plan.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Menu from the Annual Banquet of the Association of the Survivors of the First Michigan Infantry held at the Russell House on June 27, 1905, the 43rd anniversary of the Battle of Gaines's Mill. The menu consists of a half-folded sheet of paper bound with red, white, and blue ribbon and white cord in a half-folded piece of beige cardstock. The cover is printed with portrait photographs of General Ira C. Abbott, and Major George C. Hopper, beneath a red cross pattée. In addition to meal options, the menu also lists a series of toasts, as well as the words to the poem "The Last Grand Rally: Then and Now" by J.W. Walsh. An image of an American flag surrounded by an embossed gold border is on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Page from a ledger, numbered 303, containing a table titled "Goods Paid for & not take up in stock," dated February 8, 1902 The table lists company names and dollar amounts. The page also contains two short notes about money owed on New York Gods, and about the dollar amount of goods ordered by not delivered. The page is in brown and red ink on lightweight partially translucent paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Bill from George M. Burnett for coach services provided to Mr. H. C. Rohns in the amount of $4.00, dated April 7, 1902. The bill is printed with black text on slightly yellowed paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 9561 G," dated August 19, 1876, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Menu from a Christmas day dinner at the Hotel Charlevoix, consisting of three pages of heavy paper bound at the top with a red ribbon. A red and green illustration of holly is printed on the front cover along with the message, "Merry Christmas 1913." The menu is printed on the second sheet, with a flat price of $1 listed. The third page contains a "Thought Menu," consisting of a list of positive qualities and sentiments.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by O.S. Gulley's Steam Presses with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has black and white pictures of various flowers and vegetables; "D. M. Ferry & Co's. Seed Annual 1876" in a circle in middle; back cover has banner with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants Detroit, Mich." in the foreground and "Importers" and "Growers" in the background, surrounded by scrollwork; inside are descriptions of various plants and flowers along with prices; black and white pictures with two color pages included; order form still attached
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a red and yellow sun-like picture, with "Autumn 1888 Bulbs and Seeds" at top and middle" and "For Fall Planting D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit" at bottom; back cover has a plant in a vase with vines in the background and 1888 along the top; inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white pictures and photographs; J. B. Thomas Detroit, Mich.; order form and envelope included
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One pre-printed postcard from "J. F. Weber & Co., Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Etc., and Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Etc., 300 Gratiot Ave." The postcard is addressed in handwritten pencil text to "Miss Madge Maybury, Tampa, Florida." The verso has a handwritten pencil message that is dated March 26, 1891, and reads "Dear Madge Ma[y]bury, How is Aunt Sate? Are you all well? Jim Dandy has the grip[pe]. I hope Aunt Sat[e] will be better in a few days, don't you. I suppose you do. I can't think of enough to tell you but I try to think of some thing. Momma and Papa seemed to be happy when they were home. I can not thing [think] of any thing mor[e] so good by[e]. From Jimmie. Answer soon."
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
