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- Description:
- One handbill entitled "Board of Trade of the City of Detroit, Ticket for Officers, 1900-1901." The handbill is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper and is embossed with the Board seal. The ticket lists the various persons who were running for the various officer, director, and committee positions.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Booklet entitled "Communication of Hon. Wm. C. Maybury on Controller F. A. Blades' Plan for Making Permanent Improvements in the City of Detroit by the Issue of Thirty Year Four Per Cent Bonds, As Submitted to the Common Council, November 29, 1898." The 7-page booklet is printed in black text on slightly yellowed paper. (Page 2 is blank.)
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This white paper envelope contained a 5-page letter that was written by Francis A. Blades who was the Controller of the City of Detroit. The front side of the envelope is addressed in handwritten black text to "The Honorable Controller of the City of Detroit." and "Compliments of the Controller of the City of Detroit AD 1900, F. A. Blades." The flap on the back side of the envelope is sealed with dark green wax.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This white paper envelope contained an 8-page letter that was written by Edwin W. Abbott. The front of the envelope is addressed in handwriting to "The Mayor of Detroit, Jan. 1st 2001, Suburbs of Detroit by E. W. Abbott." The return address of the sender is printed in the upper left corner of the envelope. A colored drawing of an American flag is also shown on the left side of the envelope. The back flap is sealed with a red two-cent George Washington postage stamp.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This tan paper envelope contained a 4-page letter written by James E. Scripps, President of the Evening News Association. The front of the envelope is entitled in handwritten text, "A Prophecy for Deetroit as a Metropolis by James E. Scripps." A handwritten note in the lower left corner shows "Not to be opened till Dec. 31 AD 2000."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This slightly yellowed paper envelope contained a 7-page letter that was written by Pamela A. Patterson. The front of the envelope is entitled in handwritten text, "The Growth of the Women's Club Movement, by Pamela A. Patterson, Detroit, Dec. 31, 1900."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 3-page letter written by Malcolm J. McLeod, President of the Trades Council. It is printed in typewritten text that has been mimeographed onto slightly yellowed paper. The paper is printed with light blue lines and also shows the letterhead of the Detroit Street Railway Employees' Association in dark blue text across the top. The letter is dated "Jan. 1st 1901" and is signed in black ink by Malcolm J. McLeod. Several handwritten corrections have been made in black ink throughout the letter. The body of the letter discusses the trades union movement, typical wages rates, and working hours.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This yellowed paper envelope contained a 9-page letter that was written by Wales C. Martindale. The front of the envelope is addressed in handwriting to "Hon. W. C. Maybury, Office of the Mayor, Detroit, Michigan." The return address of the sender is handwritten along the left edge of the envelope.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This 5-page letter was handwritten in black ink on slightly yellowed paper by James Schermerhorn who was the Editor of the TO-DAY newspaper. The newspaper letterhead is printed in black text at the top and each page and has the watermark, "Persian Bond." The text of the letter has been transcribed as follows: "New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 1900. The press of 1901 salutes the "fourth estate" of 2001. The newspapers of the present time speak for themselves even as the public prints of that distant day when these words shall be read, will speak for themselves. They must bear their own testimonies of the times through the printed words and the testimonies of their own traits and merits. In the Free Press and the Tribune, of the morning field, the News, Journal and To-Day, of the evening field, and the Abend Post and the Volksblat, of the German evening field, Detroit has better than the average specimens of American daily newspaper making. The Free Press, the pathfinder of Michigan newpaperdom, found glory and distinction formerly through its humorous sketches and other literary features. Late years, like all the once flourishingly journals of light vein, it has been happy to put aside the reputation of being a funny paper and has aspired to the higher rank and influence of the great and serious newspapers of the times. The Tribune - once the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day to the faithful Republicans of the state - no longer essays political leadership or claims party followers. The decline of partisan newspaper-making is revealed in the situation in Detroit at this writing, one daily paper only being an out-and-out exponent of a political faith. Happily the thick-and-thin party organ appears to be passing away. The German papers have their appreciative constituencies - not very large, but very loyal. The Evening News led the way into the two-cent newspaper field twenty eight years ago and achieved a great success. The Journal has followed it through many vicissitudes to prosperity. "To-Day," the latest comer, has received a welcome in the closing weeks of the nineteenth century that presages permanency and prestige. The last is least in price, selling for one cent and foreshadowing that twentieth century day when the smallest coin will be the universal newspaper price. One hundred years hence will see the newspapers mightily increased in number, but reduced in size. In good time the daily prints must take on more compact and manageable form. There must needs be increasing discrimination in the selection of news as the country grows older, and the business of printing the happenings of the passing day will absorb all of the daily paper's energies and resources. Twentieth century newspapers will be compelled by the necessities of the situation to devote themselves exclusively to the chronicling of the weightier facts of the hour, leaving to other publications the mission of serious discussion of pending problems and the moulding of public opinion. Prophecy: The twentieth century newspaper will be a newspaper and nothing else, and there will not be so much of it. James Schermerhorn, Editor, TO-DAY."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This 7-page letter was typewritten in black text on light gray paper by Jeremiah Dwyer who was the President of the Michigan Stove Company. The first page shows the letterhead of the Michigan Stove Company and is dated "December 31, 1900." The first page also has the watermark, "Crane's." The remaining pages have a watermark that shows the "Garland Stoves and Ranges" emblem along with "The Michigan Stove Company." The body of the letter gives some company history and a list of approximately 90 of the largest manufacturing companies in Detroit. The last pages offer some general descriptions of the city, high hopes for the continued success of manufacturing, predictions for the benefits of electricity, and best wishes to future residents of the city. Several pages have some handwritten corrections.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
