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- Color postcard depicting the Detroit Boat Club, with colorful flowers in front and the Detroit River in the foreground. Printed on verso: Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. The Detroit Boat Club is one of the most exclusive social and athletic organizations in Detroit. Its handsome home on Belle Isle near the bridge was erected in 1902 to replace one destroyed by fire. The building is one of the finest of its kind in the world. Its members enjoy unusual facilities for their favorite sport of rowing, which they combine with sailing and canoeing. Their balls feature the summer in Detroit society. In front of the bridge entrance to the club is one of the finest flower beds on the Island. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 26, 1917.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting six deer in an enclosure on Belle Isle. Printed on verso: Deer Park, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. The Deer Park at Belle Isle is one of the many attractions at this beautiful resort. There are a large number of these animals in the herd of which this view shows but a few. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 15, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Casino on Belle Isle, with Lake Tacoma in the foreground and a tower in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 7, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting Union Depot at the southwest corner of 3rd and W Fort Streets, with horse-drawn vehicles in front and a moonlight tower in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Dec 4, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white photographic postcard depicting a composite image of Griswold Street, facing north from W Larned Street. In view are the Federal Building, Buhl Block, and Union Trust Building. A steamship on water is superimposed over the street. Handwritten message on verso reads "Let's go for a joy ride. Can any high water you ever saw in 3 Rivers equal this? - Waldo" Postmarked Feb 8, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting ten firemen aboard an automobile, with buildings in the background. Printed on verso: The Detroit Fire Department is being rapidly fitted out with automobile fire fighters. This view shows one of the departments responding to an alarm and going through the street at a rate of 75 miles an hour in one of their 30 H.P. Packard Motors Cars. This machine, known as the 30 squad wagon and carrying 12 men, is equipped with hand extinguishers and can easily take care of incipient fires. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Floral Calendar in Water Works Park, with plantings arranged to read "Saturday Sept 27, 1913" and a building in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Cadillac Hotel from the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, with pedestrians, a moonlight tower and rooftop flags visible. White margin on right side. Handwritten note on recto, postmarked Jan 17, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a floral design in Grand Circus Park arranged to read "In Detroit Live is Worth Living", with buildings in the background and people seated on benches. Printed on verso: In Detroit Life Is Worth Living. - This Floral display is located in East Grand Circus Park, the oldest of Detroit's breathing grounds, and is situated in the center of the City's retail district. Magnificent shade trees are everywhere, real monarchs of forest that started to grow even before a white man set his foot on what is now the State of Michigan. The park was set aside in 1854 under the general redistricting of the City. In the foreground Detroit's slogan is brought out very prominently in beautifully colored foliage. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 24, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the approach to the Belle Isle Bridge with trees, bushes and a small bridge in the foreground. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Aug 16, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
