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- Description:
- One advertisement poster for D.M. Ferry & Company. The poster has a color drawing of a heart and wooden seed box that is surrounded by flowers. Blue printed text shows the slogan, "Nothing Is Perfect, But Our Seeds are Within an Ace of It." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Copyrighted 1900 by D.M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich." The poster was printed by J. Ottmann Lithograph Company of New York.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Britishers, You're Needed, Come Across Now." The poster shows a color drawing of a British soldier who is extending his hand across the Atlantic Ocean to a man who is standing in the United States. The poster was intended to encourage existing and former British citizens, who were living in Canada and the United States, to enlist in the British Army. The artist's name, "Lloyd Meyers," is shown near the lower right corner of the drawing. Small printed text in the lower left corner shows "British and Canadian Recruiting Mission." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows " Albert Frank & Co., N.Y. Agents."
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color poster for the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows at the Grand River Avenue Show Grounds, Monday July 17 and Tuesday July 18, 1922. Text along the top of the poster reads "Detroit - 2 Days Mon. July 17 Tues. July 18 Grand River Avenue Show Grounds." The center and bottom portions of the poster feature an illustration depicting seven lions and two lion tamers performing a variety of acts inside a steel arena, with text at the top of the image reading "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows" and text at the bottom of the image reading "Four Big Steel Arenas in which are Presented Marvel Acts by Ferocious Jungle Animals" Text along the bottom right border of the image reads "(c) The Strobridge Litho. Co. Cincinnati & New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One Commercial Advertiser poster. The poster is printed in black text on a yellow background and advertises its "26th Annual Award of Premiums." The newspaper indicates that "$25,000 in Cash Premiums to be Awarded to 100,000 Subscribers of the Detroit Commercial Advertiser, Thursday, May 2."
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Come On! Buy More Liberty Bonds." The poster shows a color drawing of an American soldier who is holding his rifle and is standing over the dead body of a German soldier. The artist's name and date, "Walter Whitehead, 1918," are shown near the lower right corner of the drawing. Small printed text in the lower left corner of the poster shows "8-B." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster, with the message, "The Hun - His Mark, Blot It Out with Liberty Bonds." The poster shows a bloody handprint at the top with black text below on a white background. The artist's name, J. Allen St. John," is shown in the lower left corner of the poster. Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Manz Engraving Co., Chi."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One poster titled "The Evolution of the Street Car in Detroit from Horse Car to Present Time - 1921." The poster includes 36 black and white photographic images of Detroit street cars which show the style changes from horse-drawn cars up to the electric motor driven cars.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster entitled, "USA Bonds" and "Weapons For Liberty." The poster shows a color drawing of a Boy Scout who is handing a sword with the words, "Be Prepared," to Lady Liberty. The poster was promoting the "Third Liberty Loan Campaign, Boy Scouts of America." The artist's name, "J. C. Leyendecker," is shown in the lower right corner of the drawing. Small printed text along the lower edge shows "American Lithographic Co., N.Y."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War II poster with the message, "Let's Hit Every Dimension Right on the Button!" The poster shows a color drawing of a right hand fist punching Adolph Hitler on the chin. Additional text along the bottom of the poster shows "It Takes Careful, Accurate, Work To Keep 'Em Firing!" Small printed text in the lower left corner shows "Copyright, 1943 - Oldsmobile Division, General Motors Corporation, Lansing, Michigan." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Litho in U.S.A. -50-."
- Date Issued:
- 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One advertisement poster with the headline, "J. W. Johnston, The Great Land Dealer, Found Dead in the Center of Jefferson Avenue, by Two Jet Black Monguagons!" The poster is printed in black text on white paper and advertises an auction of lots that was to take place on November 14, 1870. The lots were located in the vicinity of Lafayette and Twenty-second Street. Additional text gives further details of the lot locations and street names as well as the names of existing property owners. It appears that the headline was intended to draw attention and interest, but was not true since the last line on the poster notes, "For further particulars apply to J. W. Johnston or Walter Sanderson."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
