Search Constraints
« Previous |
12,321 - 12,330 of 12,642
|
Next »
Search Results
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Rushmere Club on Harsens Island with water in the foreground. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 3, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Commission, mounted on cardboard, appointing Edward Edgar Hartwick as an Additional Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in the service of the United States, dated September 12, 1893 and signed by President Grover Cleveland and Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One map entitled "Partie Occidentale du Canada et Septentrionole de la Louisiane avec une Partie de la Pensilvanie [Western Part of Canada and Northernmost Louisiana with a Part of Pennsylvania]." The map is printed in black ink on a slighty yellowed paper. Some red and green ink has also been used to highlight boundaries and topographic features. It was drawn by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville and was published by Paolo Santini of Venice, Italy, in 1775. The map covers the area from the Mississippi River valley eastward to the eastern edge of Lake Ontario and from the Ohio River valley northward to Lake Alemenipigon [Nipigon] and the south shore of James Bay. The names of principal lakes, rivers, forts, towns, and Indian tribal regions are shown in French along with lines of latitude and longitude.
- Date Issued:
- 1775-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Cadillac Hotel from the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, with pedestrians, a moonlight tower and rooftop American flags visible. Handwritten message on verso reads "Hello you old polliwog. I am sore at you for not sending […], will write next week." Postmarked Sep 17, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting an elevated view of Monroe Street at Campus Martius, facing northeast. In view are many pedestrians, cars, Merrill Fountain, and a sign reading "Bond's". Printed on verso: Monroe Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Monroe Avenue is Detroit's Great Amusement thoroughfare. Here are located the Temple, Family, Columbia Royale and National Theatres; also any number of Nickel Shows. The electric display at night is very brilliant and here we follow the crowd in the evening. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Mar 15, 1918.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing of the "Steel Steam Yacht, Enquirer." The drawing shows a starboard side view of the two-masted, propeller-driven yacht at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot. An information table at the top center indicates that the yacht was 143 feet 1 inch in length and was built by the Union Dry Dock Company in 1896.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Main Engine Foundation, Fire Tug." The drawing consists of ink on linen and shows plan, profile, and cross-section details for the structural design of the engine foundation for the fire tugboat, George A. Wallace. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by the "Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co." at a scale of 3/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated December 9, 1915. The plan number is shown as "3622."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This announcement is from M. P. Hurlbut, Secretary and Treasurer of the "The Detroit Fishing and Hunting Association, Rushmere Club," to notify members of the club Annual Meeting on January 8, 1901, at the Russell House. The announcement is printed in black text on white paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Washington Theatre on the corner of Clifford Street and Washington Boulevard, with pedestrians and cars in front. Postmarked Feb 4, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich." The postcard shows a color photographic image of the front of the 4-story factory building with many workers walking on the street in the foreground. A park area with trees is visible in the right foreground area. The number, "1322," is printed in the lower left corner. The verso has a handwritten note in blue ink and a black ink postmark that shows "Hamtramck, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
